Ricardo

Goalkeeper - Cruzeiro U20
7 Jan 2028
Friday
Process

Marked for Ricardo

27 Edition

The Cruzeiro Post

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Bruno Rodrigues: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cruzeiro have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Cruzeiro turn down Carrarese for Lucca

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Gérson wants to know where this is going

“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 Cruzeiro hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad

A falling-out at Cruzeiro

Matheus Pereira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Hapoel Kiryat Shmona watching Ruan Índio

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Cruzeiro have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Chico da Costa

“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.

Loan watch

11 goals on loan for Gabriel Barbosa

23 appearances at Santos and the goals keep coming. Cruzeiro are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

Squad

Ricardo signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ricardo and Cruzeiro agree another 3 years.

The dugout

William has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Cruzeiro will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

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The Cruzeiro Post

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Fágner: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cruzeiro have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Cruzeiro turn down Omiya Ardija for Rodriguinho

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

A falling-out at Cruzeiro

Fabrício Bruno and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Matheus Pereira 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.

Market

Eyes on Zé Lucas again

The phone has started ringing about Zé Lucas again, and this time the name on the line is Braga. Cruzeiro are listening politely and promising nothing.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Lucas Silva

“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.

The dugout

Gérson has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Cruzeiro will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

Gérson asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Cruzeiro put Lucas Silva up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Lucas Silva may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief