Wallace Davi

Central Defender - Cuiabá
6 Nov 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Wallace Davi

155 Edition

The Botafogo Sentinel

16 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Botafogo strike at the death to beat Flamengo

There were 87 minutes on the clock and Flamengo had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Botafogo did not stop to explain themselves.

Market

Lucas Ramos has one foot out of the door

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

Market

Nicolás Carrizo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Botafogo can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Evander goes up and wins it — 7.94

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 7.94 for the rest of it.

Transfer targets

Botafogo rebuffed over Pedrinho

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. CRB have kept their man, and Botafogo go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Words exchanged at Botafogo

Nico Paz 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.

Boardroom

Botafogo to lose Riquelme Felipe for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Riquelme Felipe 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.

Transfer targets

Botafogo baulk at the price for Marcos Felipe

Fortaleza wanted more than $120.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Market

Botafogo sell Wallace Davi for $390.0K

Wallace Davi has left for Cuiabá in a $390.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

In brief

Back issues
155 Edition

The Cuiabá Sentinel

16 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Terms done: Andrey is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Mixto waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Cuiabá is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market

Athletico Paranaense watching Cauan Barros

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

Market

Lucas Rodrigues 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 Cuiabá, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Cuiabá sign Wallace Davi for $390.0K

The paperwork is done: Wallace Davi joins from Botafogo in a deal worth $390.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Tempers go at Cuiabá

Fernando Sobral 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.

Transfer targets

Cruzeiro tell Cuiabá: Matheus Cunha is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match

Two points walk out of the ground

Level with 86 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Cuiabá had all but put away. Avaí will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.

The dugout

Gabriel Delfim is still paying for one afternoon at Cuiabá

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Squad

6 new faces, and Cuiabá 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

154 Edition

The Botafogo Sentinel

9 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Zé Marcos 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 Botafogo, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

No deal for Miguel Merentiel at that price

Botafogo offered $1.5M; Cruzeiro said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market

Botafogo spend $710.0K to raise the standard

This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $710.0K has been paid because Zé Marcos is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.

Transfer targets

Bahia tell Botafogo: Kauê Furquim is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Boardroom

Wallace Davi signs for Coritiba while still at Botafogo

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Wallace Davi has agreed terms with Coritiba for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad

Everton Bala signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Everton Bala commits to Botafogo for another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Botafogo

Kanu 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

Botafogo get the job done against Internacional

A 1‑0 win over Internacional, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout

Chris Ramos gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief