The Bahia Courier
Market26 Jun 2028
David Duarte turns Santos down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market26 Jun 2028
Bahia say no — this time
The offer from Belgrano for Dell 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.
Squad26 Jun 2028
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.
Transfer targets26 Jun 2028
Too dear: Bahia walk away from Fernando
$550.0K was the most the club would pay and Ceará were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market26 Jun 2028
Business is business: Michel Araújo goes
Fluminense paid $840.0K and Bahia took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Gonzalo Castilla gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Gonzalo Castilla has just signed for Bahia, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Everton Ribeiro 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.
Market26 Jun 2028
Bahia promote Carlos Lima from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Lima 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.
The dugout26 Jun 2028
No hiding place for Cauly
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Cauly, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Match No time for Ceará to settle
- Player ratings Alejo Veliz beats them one at a time
- Squad 8 new faces, and Bahia are still learning each other