The Cruzeiro Post
Squad28 Dec 2026
The knee: Otávio Gabriel out for 15 days
15 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Cruzeiro lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Transfer targets28 Dec 2026
Door shut on Memphis Depay
Cruzeiro asked and Corinthians said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets28 Dec 2026
No deal for Carlos Coronel at that price
Cruzeiro offered $4.6M; Sport Recife said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Matheus Henrique signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matheus Henrique and Cruzeiro agree another 4 years.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Matheus Pereira 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 Cruzeiro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market28 Dec 2026
Cienciano join the queue for Jonathan Jesus
Add another name to the list: Cienciano have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Jonathan Jesus. The answer from Cruzeiro has not changed — yet.
Market28 Dec 2026
A season away well spent by Kauã Moraes
14 games, 0 goals, and a squad option that has arrived without a fee attached. The interesting question at Cruzeiro now is not whether he plays but who he displaces.
Transfer targets28 Dec 2026
Cruzeiro ask about Rafael Freitas
A loan enquiry to Guarani: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad28 Dec 2026
6 new faces, and Cruzeiro are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- The dugout Matheus Pereira gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Kaio Jorge asks for a word with the manager
- Market Matheus Pereira linked with a move away