The Grêmio Herald
Match17 Apr 2032
No end in sight to Grêmio's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Grêmio has to find a result from somewhere.
Market19 Apr 2032
Vitor Mendes asks to leave Grêmio
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Apr 2032
Álvaro Montoro 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 Grêmio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Apr 2032
Wagner Leonardo 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.
Boardroom19 Apr 2032
Graduation day at Grêmio
12 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.
Market19 Apr 2032
One of our own: Mateus Tavares joins the Grêmio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mateus Tavares is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Apr 2032
Márcio Lopes steps up from the Grêmio academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Márcio Lopes 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.
Market19 Apr 2032
Grêmio promote Eduardo Alves from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eduardo Alves 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.
Boardroom19 Apr 2032
Grêmio board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
In brief
- Player ratings Khellven takes the honours
- Player ratings Álvaro Montoro was unplayable
- The dugout Ander Izarra asks for a word with the manager