The Luverdense Chronicle
Market16 Apr 2029
Renyer has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Luverdense they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Júnior Costa frozen out at Luverdense
This is not rotation. Júnior Costa has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Luverdense is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Luverdense to lose Renyer for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Renyer has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Luverdense
Ronald 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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Luverdense
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Words at Luverdense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Natan Masiero is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market16 Apr 2029
Matheus Braga steps up from the Luverdense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matheus Braga has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market16 Apr 2029
Luverdense promote Caio Mendes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Caio Mendes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market16 Apr 2029
Samuel Farias steps up from the Luverdense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel Farias has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Luverdense lose Fábio Queiroz
- Boardroom A promise the Luverdense board did not keep
- The dugout No hiding place for Joaquín Viera