The Corinthians Sentinel
The dugout21 Feb 2028
Dória keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Corinthians may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market21 Feb 2028
Vitinho is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Corinthians is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom21 Feb 2028
Vitinho signs for Fluminense while still at Corinthians
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Vitinho has agreed terms with Fluminense for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad21 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Corinthians
Matheuzinho and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Mauro Arambarri 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.
Market21 Feb 2028
One of our own: Leonardo Nogueira joins the Corinthians first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leonardo Nogueira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Feb 2028
One of our own: Wesley Monteiro joins the Corinthians first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Wesley Monteiro is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Feb 2028
One of our own: Pantera joins the Corinthians first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pantera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout21 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Félix Torres
“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.
In brief
- The dugout Rodrigo Garro gets picked when it counts
- Squad The formation has left De Lucca behind
- The dugout Pedro Raul knocks on the manager’s door