The São Paulo Sentinel
Squad17 Apr 2028
Alan Franco damages knee ligaments — 46 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 46 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Alfredo Hurtado: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” São Paulo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market17 Apr 2028
Thiago Couto hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what São Paulo can pretend not to have heard.
Match15 Apr 2028
São Paulo make home a hard place to visit
12 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words exchanged at São Paulo
Alan Franco 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.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at São Paulo
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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at São Paulo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alfredo Hurtado is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Renato Ribeiro joins the São Paulo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Renato Ribeiro is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Apr 2028
Pedro Alves steps up from the São Paulo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pedro Alves 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.
In brief
- Market Diego Pacheco steps up from the São Paulo academy
- Looking ahead The neighbours are next for São Paulo
- The dugout Rodrigo Atencio gets it from the manager