The Anápolis Post
Squad12 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Anápolis
Thiago Heleno and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Paulinho stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Paulinho and Anápolis agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market12 Apr 2027
Zéca steps up from the Anápolis academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Zéca 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Daniel Braga joins the Anápolis first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Braga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Anápolis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Espeto is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Ryan Ramos has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Anápolis will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market12 Apr 2027
Still no ink between Anápolis and Gustavo Almeida
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Anápolis, another week without a signature from Gustavo Almeida.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Kiko knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Kiko trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market12 Apr 2027
The Thiaguinho story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Thiaguinho signs something — a contract at Anápolis or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Pedro Arthur
- Squad Word from the training ground: Gustavo Almeida