The São Paulo Sentinel
Transfer targets25 Jun 2029
An offer of $21.4M for Welington
São Paulo have gone to Southampton with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market25 Jun 2029
Ismaily asks to leave São Paulo
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market25 Jun 2029
São Paulo say no — this time
The offer from Cruzeiro for Pedro Henrique was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market25 Jun 2029
Only the photograph left for Chrystian Barletta
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Chrystian Barletta will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around São Paulo the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Juan Alano gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Juan Alano has just signed for São Paulo, and for once the answer mattered.
Market25 Jun 2029
Juninho Capixaba moves on
Palmeiras pay $1.7M, 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.
Boardroom25 Jun 2029
São Paulo to lose Bruce Alves for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Bruce Alves has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Words exchanged at São Paulo
Gonzalo Tapia and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Morato falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Squad Defences have started doubling up on Ryan Francisco
- The terraces São Paulo supporters have found a favourite in Ryan Francisco
- Match Pedro Henrique sends São Paulo past Flamengo