The Floresta Herald
Squad4 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Bismark
41 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Floresta lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Rodrygo Rodrigues is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Floresta will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
The paperwork begins on Matheus Donelli
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Floresta have done the hard part with Corinthians, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Market4 Jan 2027
Floresta sign Rafael Castro for $200.0K
The paperwork is done: Rafael Castro joins from Botafogo-SP in a deal worth $200.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Floresta
Bruno Pacheco and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces4 Jan 2027
$200.0K for Rafael Castro, and Floresta supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Rafael Castro from Botafogo-SP for $200.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Criciúma tell Floresta: Nicolas 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Maestro out for 23 days
The medical room confirms 23 days on the sidelines for Maestro, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
A loan move for Mateo Seoane is in the works
Floresta have made the call to Gimnasia La Plata. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Transfer targets Floresta try to borrow Kaio Eduardo
- Market The Marco Antônio story refuses to die
- Market Floresta borrow Bruno Alves