The Corinthians Sentinel
Market3 Aug 2026
Yuri Alberto wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Corinthians hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Memphis Depay signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Memphis Depay commits to Corinthians for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Yuri Alberto 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 Corinthians this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Gabriel Paulista 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Matheuzinho 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Memphis Depay
A mark of 7.24, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Match1 Aug 2026
No goals between Corinthians and Atlético Mineiro
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Atlético Mineiro will be the happier side with the point.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Jesse Lingard's contract
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Yuri Alberto runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 8. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Pedro Milans in it
- Market José Martínez leaves for nothing
- Player ratings The referee tires of Gabriel Paulista