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Marked for Pantera

498 Edition

The Vasco da Gama Courier

11 Feb 2036
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market11 Feb 2036

Guilherme Estrella says no to Iberia 1999

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Guilherme Estrella had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market11 Feb 2036

Thiago Medeiros hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Vasco da Gama can pretend not to have heard.

Market11 Feb 2036

Rafael Tavares is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Vasco da Gama is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad11 Feb 2036

A falling-out at Vasco da Gama

Pedro Rangel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad11 Feb 2036

Santiago Sosa 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.

Loan watch11 Feb 2036

Júnior Soares counts the days

“I watch every Vasco da Gama game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Monte Azul runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

The dugout11 Feb 2036

Enzo has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Vasco da Gama will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market11 Feb 2036

The Thiago Medeiros story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Thiago Medeiros signs something — a contract at Vasco da Gama or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad11 Feb 2036

Luiz Nogueira wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Vasco da Gama will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

In brief

Back issues
476 Edition

The Vasco da Gama Courier

10 Sep 2035
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Sep 2035

Yan has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Vasco da Gama they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

The dugout10 Sep 2035

Pantera says Vasco da Gama went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad10 Sep 2035

A row about effort at Vasco da Gama

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Santiago Sosa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Looking ahead10 Sep 2035

Vasco da Gama face Juventude in the game that matters most

Two sides from the bottom of the table, three points, and an afternoon that will be described afterwards as a relegation decider by whoever loses it.

Loan watch10 Sep 2035

Thiago Pereira wants to come home

“I did not go to Atlético Goianiense to sit and watch. I want to come back to Vasco da Gama and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.

Market10 Sep 2035

Still no ink between Vasco da Gama and Adson

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Vasco da Gama, another week without a signature from Adson.

The dugout10 Sep 2035

Riquelme 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.

The dugout10 Sep 2035

A promise honoured for Wesley Barbosa

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Vasco da Gama told Wesley Barbosa something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Market10 Sep 2035

The Guilherme Estrella story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Guilherme Estrella signs something — a contract at Vasco da Gama or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

443 Edition

The Vasco da Gama Courier

22 Jan 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market22 Jan 2035

Arthur Maron asks to leave Vasco da Gama

“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.

Squad22 Jan 2035

A falling-out at Vasco da Gama

Pedro Rangel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad22 Jan 2035

Santiago Sosa 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.

Market22 Jan 2035

One of our own: Rafael Silva joins the Vasco da Gama first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rafael Silva is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market22 Jan 2035

Márcio Barbosa steps up from the Vasco da Gama academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Márcio Barbosa 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.

Market22 Jan 2035

One of our own: Pantera joins the Vasco da Gama first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pantera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad22 Jan 2035

Daniel Guimarães stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniel Guimarães and Vasco da Gama agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout22 Jan 2035

No hiding place for Alejo Cruz

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alejo Cruz, and the manager let it.

The dugout22 Jan 2035

When it matters, Jesús Hakanson plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief