The Central Herald
Market4 Jan 2027
Rodrigo Alves has said yes to Retrô
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Central have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market4 Jan 2027
Vélez come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Central did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market4 Jan 2027
Thiago Borges puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Central, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Tiago Pacheco: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
Central go back to the board over Alan
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $44.5K — a club that wants Alan enough to be asked twice.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Caio Souza is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Central
Victor Ramos and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Central bid $41.0K for Alan
The offer went to Volta Redonda this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market4 Jan 2027
Urartu join the queue for Danilo Xavier
Add another name to the list: Urartu have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Danilo Xavier. The answer from Central has not changed — yet.
In brief
- Squad Igor Felisberto has outgrown this division
- Squad Bruno Tavares is no longer first choice
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Luís Pacheco's mistake