The Fortaleza Sentinel
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Fortaleza
Jaílson and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Jaílson is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Fortaleza
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Néris was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market8 Feb 2027
The Nathan Fogaça story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Nathan Fogaça signs something — a contract at Fortaleza or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tomás Pochettino is doing the arithmetic
The table has started to be checked before the results are in, and that is always the tell. Nobody at Fortaleza says the word out loud, and everybody in the building is thinking it.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
A door opens for Lucas Sasha
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Squad Competition arrives for Jairo Reyes
- Market Fortaleza send Caio Wesley out for first-team football
- The dugout The manager comes out for Tomás Pochettino