The São Paulo Sentinel
Squad20 Nov 2028
A falling-out at São Paulo
Matheus Alves and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad20 Nov 2028
Metinho 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 dugout20 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Newton
“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.
Squad20 Nov 2028
São Paulo lose André Ribeiro
19 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout20 Nov 2028
São Paulo keep their word to Gustavo Henrique
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout20 Nov 2028
When it matters, Matheus Alves 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 dugout20 Nov 2028
Fábio Matheus 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.
Loan watch20 Nov 2028
Marco Polo keeps scoring at Marcílio Dias
28 appearances away from home and 8 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market20 Nov 2028
The Metinho talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. São Paulo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Squad Sergio Rochet has seen what the next man earns
- Market Still no signature from Gustavo Henrique
- Loan watch Luciano has made Grêmio’s shirt his own