The Cruzeiro Post
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Deadline beats Cruzeiro to Andrey
The clock did what Santa Cruz would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.
Market11 Jan 2027
Cruzeiro say no — this time
The offer from Ismaily for Rodriguinho 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Cruzeiro
Matheus Pereira 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
One of our own: Henrique Teixeira joins the Cruzeiro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Henrique Teixeira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market11 Jan 2027
Cruzeiro promote Daniel Borges from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Borges 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
Cruzeiro promote Mateus Porto from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mateus Porto 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Japa signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Japa commits to Cruzeiro for another 4 years.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Fabrício Bruno gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Fabrício Bruno is on it.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Gabriel Rojas still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Cruzeiro would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Lucas Silva
- Squad Walace wants to know why he earns less
- The dugout Bruno Rodrigues knocks on the manager's door