The Guarani Sentinel
Squad14 Feb 2028
The knee: Lucas Duarte out for 37 days
37 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Guarani lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market14 Feb 2028
Alex Martínez asks to leave Guarani
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market14 Feb 2028
Only the photograph left for Dentinho
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Dentinho will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Guarani the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Rodrigo Bacidalupe turns down Guarani
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Boca Juniors keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A row about effort at Guarani
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Riquelme was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Grêmio tell Guarani: Ronald 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.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Deadline beats Guarani to João Grando
The clock did what Santos would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.
Market14 Feb 2028
Rafael Rangel steps up from the Guarani academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rafael Rangel 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Carioca steps up from the Guarani academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carioca 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.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Guarani
- The dugout Isaque knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad “I want to play”: Fabrício Dias speaks