Wallace

Central Defender - Figueirense
9 Mar 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Wallace

31 Edition

The Figueirense Sentinel

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Bruno Paulo out for 93 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Figueirense will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

The terraces

Supporters organise against the Figueirense board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Market

Lucas Silva hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Figueirense can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Figueirense

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Words exchanged at Figueirense

Jemerson 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.

Squad

Words at Figueirense training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Flávio is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

The formation has left Wallace behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Figueirense will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Luke Merrill

“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

Vinicius Barreta 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.

In brief

  • Market Breno linked with a move away
  • The dugout Alex Báez has been promised minutes
Back issues
30 Edition

The Figueirense Sentinel

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Bruno Paulo out for 101 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Figueirense will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Tempers go at Figueirense

Guilherme Santos 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.

Squad

Words at Figueirense training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Flávio is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Jordan Ferrín has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Figueirense will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

The dugout

Léo Maia has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Figueirense 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

Diego Esser gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout

Léo Maia 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

The Flávio story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Flávio signs something — a contract at Figueirense or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market

Wallace joins Figueirense on a free

No fee and no drama: Wallace has signed at Figueirense, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief