“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Portuguesa, and 10 appearances in 46 say he has earned the hearing.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Portuguesa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Portuguesa, and 10 appearances in 38 say he has earned the hearing.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Portuguesa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Portuguesa have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Portuguesa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Reniel Mendoza reports back to Portuguesa with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
The shirt still fits. Xhesild Kapllanaj is back at Portuguesa, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Portuguesa, and 10 appearances in 30 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Portuguesa know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A new face in his position, and Marco Bustillo suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Portuguesa have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Johan Moreno has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Portuguesa know, and have known for weeks.
The shirt still fits. Xhesild Kapllanaj is back at Portuguesa, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Portuguesa can pretend not to have heard.
Rafael Arango is 17, and Portuguesa have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Aragua defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Portuguesa know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The fee is $350.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Caracas drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Portuguesa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The name of Ezequiel Gnemmi has come up in conversations Portuguesa were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Atletico Venezuela pay $150.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Johan Moreno has let it be known that he does not like the way Portuguesa are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Portuguesa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Johan Moreno has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Portuguesa know, and have known for weeks.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Portuguesa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Portuguesa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The name of José Pérez has come up in conversations Portuguesa were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Portuguesa have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.