The Capital Herald
Market28 Dec 2026
Rodrygo Tavares 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 The request is on a desk at Capital, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The step up is real for Danilo
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Éverson 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 Capital this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
143% of the income goes out in wages at Capital
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Transfer targets28 Dec 2026
Capital ask about Miguel Angelo
A loan enquiry to Paysandu: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Jackson
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Lipe needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Capital know which stage they are at.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Jackson: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Capital will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
Market28 Dec 2026
The shop window has Einstein in it
Capital have let the market know Einstein can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
- Market Capital borrow Rafa Barcelos
- The dugout José Nardo asks for a word with the manager