A season average of 7.01 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
“I did not go to Alianza Atletico to sit and watch. I want to come back to Corinthians and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.
“I did not go to Alianza Atletico to sit and watch. I want to come back to Corinthians and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Corinthians hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Corinthians that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Corinthians that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
The terracesThe press have found their man in Kaio César
The fee is $1.6M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Vitória drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
He is 19, and nobody at Corinthians signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matheus Donelli and Corinthians agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
The terracesEverybody has an opinion about Fintelman
The terracesThe press have found their man in Memphis Depay