The São Bernardo Herald
Squad8 Feb 2027
Daniel Amorim 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 São Bernardo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Grêmio tell São Bernardo: Leonel Pérez 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Daniel Souza joins the São Bernardo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Souza is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Hélder Maciel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
When it matters, Pedro Vitor plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Rodrigo Andrade 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Is this Júnior Oliveira’s last season?
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Júnior Oliveira is 37, with 32 appearances behind him, and São Bernardo will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
Market8 Feb 2027
The Felipe Garcia question follows São Bernardo around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Felipe Garcia’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market8 Feb 2027
Window shut, Rodrigo Ferreira still here
São Bernardo spent the window trying to move Rodrigo Ferreira on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
In brief
- Market Júnior Urso leaves for nothing
- Squad Leandro has settled at São Bernardo
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Felipe Garcia