The Itabaiana Chronicle
Market15 Feb 2027
Alex Silva is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Itabaiana is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Itabaiana
Pedro Castro 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.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
Itabaiana rebuffed over Lucas Paes
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Torreense have kept their man, and Itabaiana go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market15 Feb 2027
Lucas Reis linked with a move away
The name of Lucas Reis keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Itabaiana say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Canhoto asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Álvaro Cabrera starts on the language
Two hours a week with a tutor, which is the least glamorous thing at Itabaiana and the one that decides whether a foreign signing is still here in two years.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Luis Larré
- Squad Setback for Igor Xavier
- Squad Railson finally belongs at Itabaiana