Neymar

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Santos
1 Sep 2026
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Marked for Neymar

4 Edition

The Santos Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad24 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Gabriel Brazão

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market24 Aug 2026

Miguel Terceros agrees terms with Al Gaish

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Santos people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Vintage Neymar — 8.11

At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.11, and nobody on the pitch better.

Boardroom24 Aug 2026

Santos to lose Pedro Padula for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Pedro Padula has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Match18 Aug 2026

Santos see off Fortaleza

Three points for Santos, 2‑1 the final word against Fortaleza in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Market24 Aug 2026

Estrela da Amadora watching Gabriel Bontempo

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Santos have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Santos

Pradella 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Santos training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christian Oliva is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad24 Aug 2026

10 new faces, and Santos are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Santos Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match8 Aug 2026

No mercy from Santos

Bragantino will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Santos were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Market10 Aug 2026

Not going: Gabriel Bontempo stays at Santos

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Omiya Ardija had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Gabriel Brazão

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Vintage Neymar — 8.12

At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.12, and nobody on the pitch better.

Market10 Aug 2026

Santos turn down Mafra for Miguel Terceros

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market10 Aug 2026

Enzo Boer has one foot out of the door

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

Lucas Veríssimo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lucas Veríssimo commits to Santos for another 4 years.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Enzo Boer has agreed to leave Santos for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Santos

Gabriel Barbosa 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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Santos Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad3 Aug 2026

Gabriel Brazão keeps Santos in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market3 Aug 2026

Santos say no — this time

The offer from Feirense for Gabriel Bontempo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Neymar signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Neymar commits to Santos for another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Lucas Veríssimo 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 Santos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market3 Aug 2026

Benjamín Rollheiser wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Santos hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Neymar retires from international football

“130 caps. I have loved every one, and it is somebody else’s turn.” At 34 he has stepped away from his country and is going nowhere at Santos.

Match1 Aug 2026

Benjamín Rollheiser sends Santos past Fluminense

It finished 2‑1, and it was Benjamín Rollheiser’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Santos.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

A masterclass from Álvaro Barreal

Marked 8.08 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Carlos Xavier, on a 2‑1 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief