The CSA Herald
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Fernando Silva signs on for the long haul
CSA moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Fernando Silva, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at CSA
Kaique Kenji was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at CSA
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Daniel Freitas joins the CSA first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Freitas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Diego Oliveira joins the CSA first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Oliveira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Apr 2029
Negão steps up from the CSA academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Negão 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
CSA promote José Fonseca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. José Fonseca 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
A row about effort at CSA
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lucas Mota was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
No hiding place for Pellegrin
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Pellegrin, and the manager let it.