The Central Herald
Squad12 Oct 2026
111 days out for Willian Alves after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Central will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Central
Tigre 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
When it matters, Vini plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market12 Oct 2026
Marcelo Queiroz told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Marcelo Queiroz has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Central.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Arthur Andrade story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Arthur Andrade signs something — a contract at Central or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Vitor Guimarães knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Vitor Guimarães trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market Another notebook out for Matheus Nogueira
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Penedense
- The dugout Vinícius Fernandes keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Daniel Queiroz is out on the grass again