The CSA Herald
Market10 Jan 2028
Danielzinho asks to leave CSA
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market10 Jan 2028
CSA may not be able to give Ademir what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Ademir wants continental football; whether CSA can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Market10 Jan 2028
Adriano is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at CSA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad10 Jan 2028
A falling-out at CSA
Gabriel Xavier and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
No deal for Jerfesson at that price
CSA offered $5.0K; Tombense said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
CSA rebuffed over Nicolas Careca
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Novorizontino have kept their man, and CSA go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Jan 2028
CSA promote Cafu from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cafu 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 dugout10 Jan 2028
Thalys gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Gabriel Souza has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at CSA will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- The dugout Pablo Andrade knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Vinicius Barreta wants to know why he earns less
- Squad Competition arrives for Vinicius Barreta