The Volta Redonda Post
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Volta Redonda spell it out for Arthur Borges
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Arthur Borges has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
The dugout8 Jan 2029
Lucas França keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Volta Redonda may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Volta Redonda write off $94.6K on Nassom
He arrived for a fee and leaves for a fraction of it. $94.6K of what Volta Redonda paid for Nassom is money the club will not see again, and the boardroom will be asked about it for two seasons.
Market8 Jan 2029
Avelino’s move to Ferroviária falls through
The deal that would have taken Avelino to Ferroviária has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Volta Redonda with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Bernardo Valim signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bernardo Valim commits to Volta Redonda for another 4 years.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Marino Hinestroza falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market8 Jan 2029
Eyes on Kukri again
The phone has started ringing about Kukri again, and this time the name on the line is Porto Velho. Volta Redonda are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Volta Redonda count the cost of losing André Machado
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Volta Redonda
Pepeu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Pepeu
- Market Volta Redonda and Valentín Mancuso are talking past each other
- The dugout Bernardo Valim knocks on the manager's door