The Flamengo Herald
Market3 Mar 2036
Vladislav Torop is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Flamengo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad3 Mar 2036
Wallace Yan 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.
The dugout3 Mar 2036
Wallace Yan gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad3 Mar 2036
Alex Lima in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamengo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Mar 2036
Talks stall between Flamengo and Vladislav Torop
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout3 Mar 2036
Jonas Jensen-Abbew knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Flamengo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout3 Mar 2036
Rayan Lelis has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Rayan Lelis has written the date down.
Squad3 Mar 2036
Igor Ribeiro has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Flamengo will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Market3 Mar 2036
The shop window has Renato Fonseca in it
Flamengo have let the market know Renato Fonseca can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
- Market The Vitão story refuses to die
- Squad Victor Farias wants to know why he earns less
- The dugout The manager comes out for Alex Lima