The Fluminense Post
Market30 Jun 2036
Terms done: Gui Meira is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Guarani waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Fluminense is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Squad30 Jun 2036
Felipe Mastro Pietro breaks a bone — 58 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 58 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market30 Jun 2036
Israel Boatwright asks to leave Fluminense
“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.
The dugout30 Jun 2036
Israel Boatwright says Fluminense 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.
Market30 Jun 2036
Victor Hugo attracts admirers
The name of Victor Hugo has come up in conversations Fluminense were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Player ratings30 Jun 2036
Bernardo Valim beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market30 Jun 2036
Fluminense turn down São Luiz for Risadinha
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad30 Jun 2036
Tempers go at Fluminense
Victor Hugo 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.
Transfer targets30 Jun 2036
Fluminense rebuffed over Rokenedy
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Náutico have kept their man, and Fluminense go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Transfer targets Too dear: Fluminense walk away from Cristian Morales
- Squad Words at Fluminense training over how hard people work
- The dugout No hiding place for Gustavo Marques