The América de Natal Courier
Squad10 Jan 2028
Geninho breaks a bone — 134 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 134 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market10 Jan 2028
Tobías Vázquez asks to leave América de Natal
“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.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
América de Natal agree $83.0K for Rhyan
The clubs have shaken hands with Botafogo; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
Clayson is a medical away from América de Natal
The deal with São Paulo is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Jan 2028
A falling-out at América de Natal
Souza 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
Goiás tell América de Natal: Wallison 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Thiago Viana joins the América de Natal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thiago Viana is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Jan 2028
Guilherme Peixoto steps up from the América de Natal academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Guilherme Peixoto 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Sérgio Lima joins the América de Natal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sérgio Lima is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad This league is too small for Cauari
- Squad Too much change too quickly at América de Natal
- The dugout Geninho gets it from the manager