The Nautico Courier
Market29 Jan 2029
Only the photograph left for Kaíque Rocha
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Kaíque Rocha will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Nautico the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market29 Jan 2029
Daniel da Silva 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 The request is on a desk at Nautico, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom29 Jan 2029
Pressure builds in the Nautico boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Nautico
Toró 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.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Words at Nautico training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dodô 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.
The dugout29 Jan 2029
Dodô knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Nautico, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Kaíque Rocha in it
- The dugout Felipe Redaelli keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Samuel Jhonathan is fit again