The São Paulo Sentinel
Match12 Dec 2026
The wait goes on for São Paulo
17 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match14 Dec 2026
São Paulo sink to position 20
7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market14 Dec 2026
Lucas Arcanjo is a São Paulo player
The fee is $3.4M, 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Danielzinho comes home
The shirt still fits. Danielzinho is back at São Paulo, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at São Paulo
Clayson 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Danielzinho stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Danielzinho and São Paulo agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market14 Dec 2026
Criciuma join the queue for Arthur Maron
Add another name to the list: Criciuma have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Arthur Maron. The answer from São Paulo has not changed — yet.
Market14 Dec 2026
Lipão moves on
Sampaio Correa pay $100.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Matheus Alexandre
“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.
In brief
- Match São Paulo come up short against Sport Recife
- Squad Pedrinho out for 27 days
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Rodrigo Atencio’s exile