The Palmeiras Chronicle
Market8 Feb 2027
Jefté puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Palmeiras, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Cruzeiro tell Palmeiras: Chico da Costa is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Palmeiras baulk at the price for Matheus Pereira
Cruzeiro wanted more than $1.2M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Júnior Monteiro joins the Palmeiras first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Júnior Monteiro is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Sérgio Cavalcante joins the Palmeiras first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sérgio Cavalcante is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Gabriel Oliveira steps up from the Palmeiras academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Oliveira 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Palmeiras
Luiz Phellype 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.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
Ramon Riquelme has seen enough of Marcílio Dias
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Palmeiras, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Carlos Miguel 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 Carlos Miguel is on it.
In brief
- Squad Alexander Barboza remains an outsider
- The dugout Paulinho knocks on the manager's door
- Squad The dugout calls for Luiz Phellype