The ABC Sentinel
Squad31 Jan 2028
Lucas Marques breaks a bone — 14 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 14 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom31 Jan 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at ABC
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Rodriguinho in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at ABC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Kidani gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Kidani has just signed for ABC, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad31 Jan 2028
A row about effort at ABC
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lima was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
No hiding place for Lima
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lima, and the manager let it.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
Wellington Carvalho knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Wellington Carvalho trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
Elton 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.
Market31 Jan 2028
Kidani joins ABC on a free
No fee and no drama: Kidani has signed at ABC, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
In brief
- Market ABC shop where it costs nothing
- Market Still no ink between ABC and Daniel Susluaga
- The dugout Cayo Tenório keeps his manager's vote