The Bahia Courier
Squad22 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Bahia
Caio Alexandre and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market22 Feb 2027
One of our own: Antônio Araujo joins the Bahia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Antônio Araujo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Feb 2027
Bahia promote Henrique Fonseca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henrique Fonseca has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market22 Feb 2027
Pitbull steps up from the Bahia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pitbull has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market22 Feb 2027
Bahia promote Risadinha from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Risadinha has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Ademir 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.
Loan watch22 Feb 2027
Victor wants to come home
“I did not go to Goiânia to sit and watch. I want to come back to Bahia and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Jean Lucas 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 Jean Lucas trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Martim Fernandes has settled at Bahia
The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Caio Alexandre
- Squad Word from the training ground: Gabriel Xavier