The Náutico Courier
Market17 Apr 2028
Jean Carlos puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Náutico, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Samuel Félix says Náutico went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
Náutico tie Marcos Freitas down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Náutico
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
Arnaldo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Everton Cebolinha gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Leandro Kauã in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Náutico this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Apr 2028
Náutico keep winning on the road
3 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Juninho joins the Náutico first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juninho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Náutico promote Cobra from within
- Market Rodrygo Pereira steps up from the Náutico academy
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Rafael Moreira