The Porto Velho Herald
Squad20 Jan 2031
A falling-out at Porto Velho
Antônio and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom20 Jan 2031
Wages eat 133% of everything Porto Velho earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad20 Jan 2031
Words at Porto Velho training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Richard Gonzalez 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.
The dugout20 Jan 2031
Pedro Porto is still paying for one afternoon at Porto Velho
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Market20 Jan 2031
The Antônio story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Antônio signs something — a contract at Porto Velho or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market20 Jan 2031
Porto Velho put Gui up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Gui may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
The dugout20 Jan 2031
Douglas Cavalcante knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Douglas Cavalcante trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market20 Jan 2031
Danilo Santos runs his contract down
6 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Porto Velho money.
Boardroom20 Jan 2031
Porto Velho keep producing them
49 graduates from an academy now rated 7 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Darius Stancu are not good
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Marcelo Rodrigues
- Squad Samuel Soares is out on the grass again