The Santos Chronicle
Boardroom22 Apr 2030
Diego Moreira is out at Santos
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Match20 Apr 2030
Nowhere to hide for Santos
1‑4 against Palmeiras, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Boardroom22 Apr 2030
Santos have nobody left to take training
Not an interim appointment — an institution with an empty coaching office. Somebody unfamiliar will run the sessions this week, and the question of how a club gets into this state is one the board will be asked and will not answer.
Boardroom22 Apr 2030
Interim Coach takes charge at Santos
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
The dugout22 Apr 2030
Agustín Sant'Anna says Santos went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market22 Apr 2030
Only the photograph left for Lucas Cardoso
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lucas Cardoso will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Santos the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad22 Apr 2030
Lucas Veríssimo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Santos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom22 Apr 2030
16 academy graduates step up at Santos
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market22 Apr 2030
One of our own: Antônio Peixoto joins the Santos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Antônio Peixoto is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Diego Alves steps up from the Santos academy
- Market Juninho steps up from the Santos academy
- Squad A row about effort at Santos