Alex Sandro

Left Back - Flamengo
5 Sep 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Alex Sandro

2 Edition

The Flamengo Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Wallace Yan says no to Feirense

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

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Agustín Rossi

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 ratings

Age has not caught Alex Sandro yet — 7.89

At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.89 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Player ratings

Lucas Paquetá goes up and wins it — 7.88

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.88 for the rest of it.

Squad

Giorgian De Arrascaeta stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Giorgian De Arrascaeta and Flamengo agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Flamengo

Jorginho 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.

Match

Flamengo get the job done against Internacional

A 2‑0 win over Internacional, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

One of our own: João Soares joins the Flamengo first team

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

Market

Henrique Batista steps up from the Flamengo academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Henrique Batista 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.

In brief