Corinthians

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10 Sep 2029
Monday
Process
162 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

3 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Alanyaspor come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Corinthians did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Fintelman has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Corinthians they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Auckland City watching Kaique Kenji

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Corinthians have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Pedro Raul is carrying Corinthians

14 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Loan watch

Gustavo Milani has seen enough of Minnesota United FC

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 5 appearances in 23 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Vitória

A 1-0 win over Vitória, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Cacá

“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.

Squad

Román Gómez knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

Back issues
161 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

27 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

7 matches without a win for Corinthians

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Corinthians are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Kaique Kenji: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Yago Candido hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Phillipe Gabriel 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.

Squad

Costly mistake from Phillipe Gabriel

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Phillipe Gabriel knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Match

Corinthians and Sampaio Correa take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Memphis Depay wants a proper job in this side

Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Memphis Depay has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Corinthians know, and have known for weeks.

Market

The Robinho Junior talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Carlos Vinícius

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

In brief

160 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

20 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

6 matches without a win for Corinthians

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Corinthians are no longer polite ones.

Market

Young asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

At 21, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.34 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Market

Caio Cavalcante is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Corinthians is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fabrizio Peralta

“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.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.34 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

In brief

159 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

13 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Román Gómez asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

Fintelman says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

5 matches without a win for Corinthians

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Corinthians are no longer polite ones.

Market

Igor Rabello has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Corinthians they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Pedro Raul

“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.

Match

Corinthians share the spoils with Botafogo

A 1-1 draw with Botafogo leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Phillipe Gabriel

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Market

The Matheus Bidu talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Carlos Vinícius 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.

In brief

158 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

6 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Léo Maná says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Alanyaspor come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Corinthians did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Fintelman has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Corinthians they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match

4 matches without a win for Corinthians

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Corinthians are no longer polite ones.

Market

Phillipe Gabriel 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.

Squad

Matheuzinho stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Matheuzinho and Corinthians agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

André Carrillo 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.

Squad

Robinho Junior named player of the month

The award goes to Robinho Junior, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

Loan watch

Gustavo Milani has seen enough of Minnesota United FC

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 5 appearances in 19 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

157 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

30 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Vitinho: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Yago Candido hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Néris is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Corinthians is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gabriel Paulista

“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.

Match

Flamengo take the points off Corinthians

Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market

Paysandu watching Pietro

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Corinthians have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief

156 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

23 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Corinthians turn down Juventude for Bahia

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Felipe Longo asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.31 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Market

The Parana deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Young reports back to Corinthians with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Match

A bad afternoon for Corinthians against Grêmio

0-1 to Grêmio, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market

Eduardo Bezerra attracts admirers

The name of Eduardo Bezerra has come up in conversations Corinthians were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

In brief

155 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

16 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Derby day misery for Corinthians

Losing 0-1 is one thing; losing to Palmeiras in a derby is a wound that takes months to close.

Market

ABC come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Corinthians did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Phillipe Gabriel

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Young hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Gonzalo Mottes says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Bahia attracts admirers

The name of Bahia has come up in conversations Corinthians were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market

Igor Rabello has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Corinthians they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

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.

Squad

Pedro Raul is carrying Corinthians

12 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

In brief

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  • Boardroom Corinthians keep producing them
154 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

9 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Phillipe Gabriel

There were 11 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Corinthians tear Sport Recife apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 5-1 against Sport Recife, and it could have been more.

Match

Corinthians out of the cup

Vitória ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Market

Bahia asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

Pedro Raul takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Market

Corinthians sign Phillipe Gabriel for $5.7M

The paperwork is done: Phillipe Gabriel joins from Vasco da Gama in a deal worth $5.7M. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Pedro Augusto says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Vitinho is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Corinthians is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Corinthians turn down Sampaio Correa for Fintelman

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

In brief

153 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Fabrizio Peralta says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Yago Candido hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Néris is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Corinthians is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Gabriel Paulista stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Gabriel Paulista and Corinthians agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Pedro Raul

“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.

Market

Paysandu are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Corinthians will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Market

Fintelman attracts admirers

The name of Fintelman has come up in conversations Corinthians were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

The month belongs to Robinho Junior

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Corinthians have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Match

Honours even between Corinthians and Vasco da Gama

2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

152 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

25 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

João Pedro Tchoca: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Felipe Longo asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Market

Bahia attracts admirers

The name of Bahia has come up in conversations Corinthians were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

At 21, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.30 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Jesse Lingard 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.

Match

Corinthians and Fortaleza take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

151 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

18 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Donelli

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Román Gómez asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Market

Ryan moves on

Santos pay $1.6M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Market

Caio Cavalcante’s move to Atletico Goianiense falls through

The deal that would have taken Caio Cavalcante to Atletico Goianiense has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Corinthians with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Market

Criciuma expected to open talks for Bahia

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Corinthians will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Atletico Goianiense

A 1-0 win over Atletico Goianiense, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Pedro Raul is carrying Corinthians

9 goals and a season average of 7.22. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kaique Kenji

“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.

Squad

Raniele knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

150 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

11 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sportivo Luqueno come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Corinthians did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Carlos Vinícius: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Jesse Lingard asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Market

Vitinho is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Corinthians is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Fabrizio Peralta is a Corinthians player

The fee is $2.2M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Cruzeiro drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Match

4 matches without a win for Corinthians

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Corinthians are no longer polite ones.

Squad

André Carrillo 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.

Match

Corinthians share the spoils with Bahia

A 1-1 draw with Bahia leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Raniele 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.

In brief

149 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

4 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bahia hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Corinthians turn down Flamengo for Bahia

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Néris is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Corinthians is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Sportivo Luqueno watching Kaique Kenji

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Corinthians have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match

Bragantino take the points off Corinthians

Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

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.

In brief

148 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

28 May 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Matheus Donelli: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Yago Candido hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Corinthians

The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.24 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gabriel Paulista

“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.

Loan watch

Gustavo Milani wants to come home

“I did not go to Minnesota United FC to sit and watch. I want to come back to Corinthians and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

In brief

147 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

21 May 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Corinthians through in the cup

A 1-0 win over Santa Cruz, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Market

Román Gómez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Matheus Donelli keeps Corinthians in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Corinthians

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Vitinho 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.

Match

Corinthians share the spoils with Fluminense

A 1-1 draw with Fluminense leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Bahia 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.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Carlos Vinícius finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Corinthians have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

146 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

14 May 2029
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Matheus Donelli keeps Corinthians in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Corinthians make it 5 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Corinthians have 5 straight wins of it.

Market

Vitinho has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Corinthians they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Felipe Longo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Pedro Raul

“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.

Match

Corinthians find a way past Internacional

Internacional made Corinthians work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief

145 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

7 May 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Bahia asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Match

Corinthians make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Corinthians have 4 straight wins of it.

Squad

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 2 years.

Market

Néris has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Corinthians they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Román Gómez 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.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Santos

A 2-1 win over Santos, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Kaique Kenji 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.

Squad

Memphis Depay is off the mark for Corinthians

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Market

Bahia linked with a move away

The name of Bahia keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

144 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

30 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

The derby belongs to Corinthians

4-2 against São Paulo, and the songs went on long after the whistle. League positions come and go; days like this get retold at family dinners for years.

Squad

3 goals for Pedro Raul

The match ball belongs to Pedro Raul, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Squad

Matheus Donelli keeps Corinthians in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Corinthians make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Corinthians have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad

Román Gómez 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.

Loan watch

Gustavo Milani has seen enough of Minnesota United FC

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

143 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

23 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Vitória

A 2-1 win over Vitória, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Júnior Neves stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Júnior Neves and Corinthians agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Pedro Raul

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Squad

Pedro Raul is off the mark for Corinthians

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Ryan 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.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

142 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

16 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Vitinho has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Corinthians they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Antônio Xavier is a Corinthians player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Lucas Borges comes home

The shirt still fits. Lucas Borges is back at Corinthians, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Tite is a Corinthians player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Matheus Donelli

“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.

Boardroom

A promise the Corinthians board did not keep

There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.

In brief

141 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

9 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Román Gómez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Néris has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Corinthians they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Felipe Longo 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.

In brief

140 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

2 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.38 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

The armband comes off Matheus Bidu

Corinthians will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad

Bahia knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

139 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

26 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Kaique Kenji 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.

Squad

Bahia 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.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

138 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

19 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Matheus Donelli

“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.

Market

The Matheus Bidu talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Kaique Kenji knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

  • Market Vitinho runs his contract down
  • Squad The manager comes out for Néris
  • Squad Cacá back in training
137 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

12 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bahia asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

Ryan says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Néris has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Corinthians they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

In brief

136 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Fabrizio Angileri: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.38 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Matheus Bidu stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Matheus Bidu and Corinthians agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

135 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

26 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Carlos Vinícius

“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.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Matheus Donelli 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.

In brief

134 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Corinthians turn down Astana for Kaique Kenji

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Cacá says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Kaique Kenji out for 29 days

The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Kaique Kenji, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

133 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Bahia says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Divine Chidera attracts admirers

The name of Divine Chidera has come up in conversations Corinthians were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Favela

“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.

Market

Bahia linked with a move away

The name of Bahia keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

João Pedro Tchoca knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Divine Chidera joins Corinthians on a free

No fee and no drama: Divine Chidera has signed at Corinthians, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief

  • Squad Somebody is after Young’s shirt
  • The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Divine Chidera
132 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

5 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bahia hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.38 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Market

Astana watching Kaique Kenji

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Corinthians have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief

131 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

29 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Raniele says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Corinthians turn down Benfica for Robinho Junior

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Félix Torres

“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.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Kaique Kenji 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.

Market

Corinthians put Renato up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Renato may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

130 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

22 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Fehervar come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Corinthians did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Kaique Kenji out for 61 days

The medical room confirms 61 days on the sidelines for Kaique Kenji, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Carlos Vinícius 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.

Market

The Matheus Bidu talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Carlos Eduardo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Corinthians put Igor Rabello up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Igor Rabello may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

  • Market Still no signature from Vitinho
  • Squad The manager comes out for Néris
129 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

15 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Gui Negão sold, and an era ends

$50.3M from Athletic Bilbao for Gui Negão. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.

Market

Rodrigo Garro’s move to Bayer Leverkusen falls through

The deal that would have taken Rodrigo Garro to Bayer Leverkusen has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Corinthians with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Market

Fehervar watching Kaique Kenji

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Corinthians have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Cacá

“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.

Market

Bahia linked with a move away

The name of Bahia keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Fabrizio Angileri 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.

In brief

  • Squad The transfer that hurt Favela most
  • Squad Matheuzinho keeps his manager's vote
128 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

8 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Félix Torres says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.38 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Market

Betis expected to open talks for Rodrigo Garro

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Corinthians will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Matheus Donelli stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Matheus Donelli and Corinthians agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Matheus Donelli

“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.

Boardroom

$12.4M a year onto the Corinthians books

A new partner, a signature and a photograph nobody will remember. It funds a fortnight of wages, which is more than most headlines on this page can say for themselves.

In brief

127 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Corinthians turn down Vasco da Gama for Robinho Junior

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Gui Negão is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.21 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Match

Corinthians find a way past Fortaleza

Fortaleza made Corinthians work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Memphis Depay is carrying Corinthians

4 goals and a season average of 7.42. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Carlos Eduardo 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.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Matheus Donelli 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.

Market

Window shut, Fabrizio Angileri still here

Corinthians spent the window trying to move Fabrizio Angileri 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.

Market

Corinthians put Renato up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Renato may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

126 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

25 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

ABC come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Corinthians did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Ryan hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is carrying Corinthians

8 goals and a season average of 7.70. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

A bad afternoon for Corinthians against Mirassol

1-2 to Mirassol, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gui Negão

“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.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Corinthians dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Squad

Bahia knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Igor Rabello is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Corinthians has been clear about where Igor Rabello stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

The Matheus Bidu talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

125 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

18 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Corinthians sell Florián Monzón for $6.8M

Florián Monzón has left for Cruzeiro in a $6.8M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Donelli

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Pedro Augusto is a Corinthians player

The fee is $500.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Bragantino drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market

Guido Mainero attracts admirers

The name of Guido Mainero has come up in conversations Corinthians were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Gonzalo Mottes signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gonzalo Mottes commits to Corinthians for another 3 years.

Squad

Raniele 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.

Squad

Raniele is carrying Corinthians

6 goals and a season average of 7.24. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market

Jesse Lingard told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Jesse Lingard has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Corinthians.

Match

Honours even between Corinthians and Botafogo

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

  • The terraces The spotlight tightens on Pedro Augusto
  • The terraces The press have found their man in Vitinho
124 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

11 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom

Corinthians are in Europe

Qualification is done, and next season the floodlights come on for something bigger. A stage for the players, oxygen for the accounts and a passport for everybody else.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Donelli

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Corinthians turn down Olimpia for Gui Negão

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.36 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Robinho Junior signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Robinho Junior commits to Corinthians for another 5 years.

Market

Nautico expected to open talks for Bahia

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Corinthians will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Matheus Donelli claims the golden glove

The one award nobody else on the pitch can win goes to Matheus Donelli, on 13 clean sheets across the season. Keepers wait a career for a season like it.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Atlético Mineiro

A 1-0 win over Atlético Mineiro, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

Corinthians put Florián Monzón up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Florián Monzón may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

123 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

4 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Donelli

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Vitinho asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Market

Gui Negão attracts admirers

The name of Gui Negão has come up in conversations Corinthians were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Gabriel Paulista signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gabriel Paulista commits to Corinthians for another 2 years.

Squad

Gui Negão is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.17 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Match

Corinthians see off Flamengo

Three points for Corinthians, 1-0 the final word against Flamengo in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Memphis Depay is carrying Corinthians

4 goals and a season average of 7.42. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market

Ryan told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ryan has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Corinthians.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

122 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

27 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is carrying Corinthians

8 goals and a season average of 7.72. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

No end in sight to Corinthians's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Corinthians has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Grêmio take the points off Corinthians

Beaten 1-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Pedro Raul

“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.

Market

The Matheus Bidu talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Breno Bidon

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

In brief

121 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

20 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Derby day misery for Corinthians

Losing 0-2 is one thing; losing to Palmeiras in a derby is a wound that takes months to close.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is carrying Corinthians

7 goals and a season average of 7.68. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Carlos Vinícius

“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.

In brief

120 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

13 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 20

A season average of 7.35 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Raniele

“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.

Squad

Gabriel Paulista knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

119 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

6 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

At 21, Gui Negão is already the best thing here

An average of 7.20 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

A bad afternoon for Corinthians against Vasco da Gama

1-3 to Vasco da Gama, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Gui Negão 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.

Squad

Memphis Depay is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.36 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Memphis Depay loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Memphis Depay. Corinthians will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

118 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

30 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Corinthians up to position 3

50 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Match

Corinthians make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Corinthians have 3 straight wins of it.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Ceará

A 1-0 win over Ceará, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

No place for Gabriel Paulista on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Corinthians pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Squad

Raniele is carrying Corinthians

6 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Gonzalo Mottes 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.

Market

The Matheus Bidu talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Bahia knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The terraces

The press cannot get enough of Gui Negão

Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.

In brief

117 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Matheus Donelli keeps Corinthians in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.69 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against America Mineiro

A 2-0 win over America Mineiro, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Félix Torres

“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.

Market

Gui Negão linked with a move away

The name of Gui Negão keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Kaique Kenji 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.

In brief

116 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 20

A season average of 7.27 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.64 with 6 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Pedro Raul

“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.

Match

Corinthians find a way past Bahia

Bahia made Corinthians work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Bahia suspended

One booking too many, and Bahia sits out. Corinthians lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.

Market

The Robinho Junior talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

  • The terraces The press cannot get enough of Pedro Raul
  • The terraces Pedro Raul has his own song now
115 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

9 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Donelli

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

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 2 years.

Squad

At 21, Gui Negão is already the best thing here

An average of 7.18 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Gabriel Paulista 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.

Match

Corinthians and Bragantino cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Bragantino came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

114 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

2 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Bahia: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Memphis Depay stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Memphis Depay and Corinthians agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Carlos Vinícius 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.

In brief

113 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

25 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Corinthians up to position 3

39 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

João Pedro Tchoca: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Corinthians come up short against Fluminense

Fluminense left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

112 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

18 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

At 20, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.28 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is carrying Corinthians

6 goals and a season average of 7.63. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Juventude

A 3-2 win over Juventude, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Match

6 unbeaten for Corinthians

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Corinthians did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Costly mistake from Matheus Donelli

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Matheus Donelli knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Loan watch

Felipe Longo wants to come home

“I did not go to Libertad to sit and watch. I want to come back to Corinthians and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 39 matches say the rest.

Squad

Cacá 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.

Market

The Robinho Junior talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The terraces

The press cannot get enough of Rodrigo Garro

Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.

In brief

111 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

11 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Gui Negão is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.12 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.57 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Santos

A 2-1 win over Santos, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kaique Kenji

“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.

Squad

Carlos Vinícius 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.

Market

Matheuzinho linked with a move away

The name of Matheuzinho keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

110 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

4 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Carlos Vinícius

“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.

Squad

Gui Negão named player of the month

The award goes to Gui Negão, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

Squad

Memphis Depay is carrying Corinthians

2 goals and a season average of 7.24. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

In brief

109 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Donelli

There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Corinthians up to position 3

32 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Carlos Eduardo: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Vitória

A 1-0 win over Vitória, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Raniele is carrying Corinthians

6 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market

Morelia are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Corinthians will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Matheus Donelli

“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.

Market

The Gui Negão talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Cacá

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

In brief

108 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

At 20, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.27 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Corinthians find a way past Fortaleza

Fortaleza made Corinthians work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Loan watch

Felipe Longo has seen enough of Libertad

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 0 appearances in 35 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gonzalo Mottes

“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.

Squad

Pedro Raul 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.

Market

Robinho Junior linked with a move away

The name of Robinho Junior keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Fabrizio Angileri

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Market

Yago Candido placed on the list

Corinthians have made Yago Candido available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Squad

The manager comes out for Memphis Depay

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Memphis Depay has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

In brief

107 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

14 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Vitinho: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

No end in sight to Corinthians's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Corinthians has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

At 21, Gui Negão is already the best thing here

An average of 7.01 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.57 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Loan watch

Ryan wants to come home

“I did not go to Internacional to sit and watch. I want to come back to Corinthians and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kaique Kenji

“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.

Match

Honours even between Corinthians and Mirassol

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Market

Matheuzinho linked with a move away

The name of Matheuzinho keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Renato placed on the list

Corinthians have made Renato available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

106 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

7 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Carlos Vinícius 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.

Squad

Gabriel Paulista 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Corinthians against Botafogo

0-1 to Botafogo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Jesse Lingard signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jesse Lingard commits to Corinthians for another 2 years.

Market

Matheus Bidu linked with a move away

The name of Matheus Bidu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Somebody is after Pedro Raul’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Pedro Raul suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Corinthians have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

105 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Santa Cruz watching Bahia

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Corinthians have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gui Negão

“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.

Squad

Carlos Vinícius signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Carlos Vinícius commits to Corinthians for another 4 years.

Match

Corinthians share the spoils with Atlético Mineiro

A 2-2 draw with Atlético Mineiro leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Raniele is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.22 with 6 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

João Pedro Tchoca 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.

In brief

  • Market The Gui Negão talk will not go away
  • Market The window shut and Vitinho is still in the building
  • The terraces The press cannot get enough of Memphis Depay
104 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

24 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

At 20, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.23 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Flamengo take the points off Corinthians

Beaten 3-4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Matheuzinho

“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.

Market

ABC expected to open talks for Bahia

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Corinthians will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Market

Corinthians bring in an old head

Carlos Vinícius is 33 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

Squad

A long afternoon for Matheus Donelli

Beaten 4 times, with 3 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.

In brief

103 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Donelli

There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Corinthians are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 24 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Kaique Kenji is a Corinthians player

The fee is $2.4M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Cruzeiro drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Match

Corinthians see off Grêmio

Three points for Corinthians, 3-2 the final word against Grêmio in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is carrying Corinthians

5 goals and a season average of 7.52. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market

Caracas expected to open talks for Robinho Junior

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Corinthians will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Florián Monzón

“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.

Loan watch

Felipe Longo has seen enough of Libertad

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 0 appearances in 30 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Vitinho is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Corinthians has been clear about where Vitinho stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

102 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

10 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Donelli

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Corinthians sign Carlos Eduardo for $590.0K

The paperwork is done: Carlos Eduardo joins from Mirassol in a deal worth $590.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Market

another club watching Carlos Eduardo

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Corinthians have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match

Honours even between Corinthians and Palmeiras

2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Cacá

“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.

Market

Matheus Bidu linked with a move away

The name of Matheus Bidu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

101 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Corinthians turn down Auckland City for Román Gómez

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Corinthians sell Hugo for $1.9M

Hugo has left for Fortaleza in a $1.9M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Sport Recife

A 1-0 win over Sport Recife, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

Nautico expected to open talks for Bahia

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Corinthians will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Loan watch

Felipe Longo is tired of being somebody else's player

“Another season, another badge, another dressing room to win over. I would like one pre-season at Corinthians where somebody actually looks at me.” He belongs to Libertad until the spell ends; the argument is with the club that owns him.

Squad

Vitor Monteiro stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Vitor Monteiro and Corinthians agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fabrizio Angileri

“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.

Market

The Gui Negão talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Pedro Raul has taken the shirt

At 31 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Corinthians are won quietly and lost loudly.

In brief

100 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Fabrizio Angileri asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Donelli

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Corinthians turn down ABC for Bahia

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 20

A season average of 7.14 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Match

Vasco da Gama take the points off Corinthians

Beaten 2-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Gabriel Paulista 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.

In brief

99 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

19 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bragantino come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Corinthians did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Román Gómez asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Match

9 unbeaten for Corinthians

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Corinthians did not have in the autumn.

Squad

João Pedro Tchoca 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.

Market

Oeste expected to open talks for Gustavo Milani

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Corinthians will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Match

Honours even between Corinthians and Ceará

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Market

Matheuzinho linked with a move away

The name of Matheuzinho keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Memphis Depay has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Memphis Depay keeps the shirt for now, at Corinthians's convenience rather than his own.

Squad

Gabriel Paulista wants a proper job in this side

Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Gabriel Paulista has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Corinthians know, and have known for weeks.

In brief

98 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

12 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Corinthians turn down O'Higgins for Román Gómez

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match

8 unbeaten for Corinthians

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Corinthians did not have in the autumn.

Market

Pedro Milans moves on

Bahia pay $2.0M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Jesse Lingard out for 36 days

The medical room confirms 36 days on the sidelines for Jesse Lingard, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Matheuzinho

“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.

Squad

Matheus Donelli signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matheus Donelli commits to Corinthians for another 4 years.

Loan watch

Felipe Longo has seen enough of Libertad

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 0 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Bahia told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Bahia has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Corinthians.

Match

Corinthians and America Mineiro take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

97 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Pedro Milans asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Match

7 unbeaten for Corinthians

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Corinthians did not have in the autumn.

Market

Trujillanos watching Román Gómez

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Corinthians have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match

Corinthians find a way past Bahia

Bahia made Corinthians work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Market

ABC are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Corinthians will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

The month belongs to Robinho Junior

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Corinthians have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Market

Fabrizio Angileri is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Corinthians has been clear about where Fabrizio Angileri stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fabrizio Angileri

“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.

Squad

The armband comes off Gabriel Paulista

Corinthians will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

In brief

96 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

29 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bahia asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

At 20, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.05 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

6 unbeaten for Corinthians

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Corinthians did not have in the autumn.

Match

Honours even between Corinthians and Bragantino

3-3, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Costly mistake from Matheus Donelli

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Matheus Donelli knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is carrying Corinthians

3 goals and a season average of 7.31. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

In brief

95 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

22 May 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Matheus Donelli

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Corinthians bow out of the cup

ABC go through and Corinthians go home, 0-0 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Market

Román Gómez asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Match

Corinthians find a way past Cruzeiro

Cruzeiro made Corinthians work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Florián Monzón

“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.

Squad

Pedro Raul knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Matheuzinho linked with a move away

The name of Matheuzinho keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Cacá

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Squad

André Carrillo wants a proper job in this side

Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — André Carrillo has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Corinthians know, and have known for weeks.

In brief

  • The terraces The press cannot get enough of Ryan
  • The terraces Memphis Depay has his own song now
94 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

15 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Corinthians lose Jesse Lingard

71 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Pedro Raul 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.

Loan watch

Felipe Longo has seen enough of Libertad

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 0 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Corinthians share the spoils with Fluminense

A 2-2 draw with Fluminense leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Memphis Depay is off the mark for Corinthians

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Fabrizio Angileri 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.

Market

Robinho Junior linked with a move away

The name of Robinho Junior keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Hugo

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Market

Corinthians put Pedro Milans up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Pedro Milans may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

93 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Félix Torres says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Pedro Milans asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

Gabriel Paulista stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Gabriel Paulista and Corinthians agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Corinthians see off Juventude

Three points for Corinthians, 2-1 the final word against Juventude in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Cacá 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.

Squad

Gui Negão finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Corinthians have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

92 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ryan asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

Ryan says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Santos

A 2-0 win over Santos, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gonzalo Mottes

“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.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is off the mark for Corinthians

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

João Pedro Tchoca knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Gui Negão linked with a move away

The name of Gui Negão keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Matheus Donelli

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Market

Yago Candido placed on the list

Corinthians have made Yago Candido available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

  • The terraces The press have found their man in Raniele
  • The terraces The stand has a song for Rodrigo Garro
91 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

24 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Derby day misery for Corinthians

Losing 1-3 is one thing; losing to São Paulo in a derby is a wound that takes months to close.

Squad

João Pedro Tchoca says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Román Gómez asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

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.

Squad

Florián Monzón knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Raniele finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Corinthians have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

90 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

17 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bahia asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Market

Vinícius Lopes is a Corinthians player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Rodrigo Souza is a Corinthians player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Márcio Barbosa comes home

The shirt still fits. Márcio Barbosa is back at Corinthians, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Squad

Jesse Lingard out for 104 days

The medical room confirms 104 days on the sidelines for Jesse Lingard, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Gui Negão 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.

Boardroom

Corinthians board go back on their word

Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.

Loan watch

Felipe Longo has seen enough of Libertad

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Florián Monzón 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.

In brief

89 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Pedro Milans asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

At 20, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.04 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

João Pedro Tchoca signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” João Pedro Tchoca commits to Corinthians for another 4 years.

In brief

88 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

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Felipe Longo: I did not sign for Corinthians to play for other people

“Every summer it is another club, another set of team-mates, another manager to convince. I have done all that. Now I want a pre-season at Corinthians and a proper look at me.” He remains Libertad’s player until the spell runs out — but the argument is with the club that owns him.

Squad

Memphis Depay loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Memphis Depay. Corinthians will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

Market

Gui Negão linked with a move away

The name of Gui Negão keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

87 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Corinthians lose Igor Rabello

36 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

André Ramalho out for 28 days

The medical room confirms 28 days on the sidelines for André Ramalho, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Néris 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.

In brief

86 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

20 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Jesse Lingard out for 136 days

The medical room confirms 136 days on the sidelines for Jesse Lingard, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Gui Negão is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.11 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Market

New York City are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Corinthians will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

85 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

13 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Florián Monzón: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Pedro Milans asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Market

New York City watching Gui Negão

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Corinthians have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief

84 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bahia asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

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 2 years.

Market

Matheus Bidu linked with a move away

The name of Matheus Bidu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

83 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Pedro Raul: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Breno Bidon signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Breno Bidon commits to Corinthians for another 5 years.

Squad

Corinthians lose André Ramalho

63 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

  • Squad The manager makes an example of Raniele
  • Market Matheuzinho linked with a move away
82 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Raniele says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Gui Negão is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.11 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Loan watch

Felipe Longo has seen enough of Libertad

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

81 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Jesse Lingard: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Pedro Milans asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

At 20, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.04 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

In brief

80 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Fabrizio Angileri says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Corinthians lose Matheus Donelli

17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Matheus Bidu linked with a move away

The name of Matheus Bidu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

79 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

André Ramalho says Corinthians went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Cacá 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.

Market

Matheuzinho linked with a move away

The name of Matheuzinho keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

78 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

At 20, Gui Negão is already the best thing here

An average of 7.11 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Loan watch

Felipe Longo has seen enough of Libertad

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fintelman

“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.

In brief

77 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Corinthians sell Hugo Souza for $12.3M

Hugo Souza has left for Feyenoord in a $12.3M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market

Corinthians turn down Stade Rennais for Matheus Bidu

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Pedro Milans asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

At 20, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.04 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Gonzalo Mottes 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.

Market

Renato placed on the list

Corinthians have made Renato available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

76 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Corinthians turn down Newcastle United for Gui Negão

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Hugo Souza attracts admirers

The name of Hugo Souza has come up in conversations Corinthians were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

João Pedro Tchoca stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” João Pedro Tchoca and Corinthians agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Jesse Lingard 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.

Squad

Pedro Raul 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.

Market

Robinho Junior linked with a move away

The name of Robinho Junior keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

75 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

No mercy from Corinthians

ABC will want this one forgotten quickly: 4-1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Corinthians were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Market

Grêmio come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Corinthians did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Hugo Souza keeps Corinthians in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is carrying Corinthians

6 goals and a season average of 7.54. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

No place for Félix Torres on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Corinthians pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gonzalo Mottes

“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.

Market

The Matheuzinho talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Corinthians know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Igor Rabello joins Corinthians on a free

No fee and no drama: Igor Rabello has signed at Corinthians, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Igor Rabello

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

In brief

74 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

André Ramalho asks to leave Corinthians

“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.

Squad

Gui Negão is the real thing at 20

A season average of 7.03 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Match

Corinthians come up short against Atletico Goianiense

Atletico Goianiense left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Breno Bidon

“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.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Corinthians dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Squad

Raniele is carrying Corinthians

7 goals and a season average of 7.24. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market

Sampaio Correa expected to open talks for Gustavo Henrique

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Corinthians will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Raniele knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Hugo Souza linked with a move away

The name of Hugo Souza keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

  • Market Hugo placed on the list
  • The terraces The press cannot get enough of Gui Negão
  • Boardroom Corinthians keep producing them
73 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Corinthians sign Gonzalo Mottes for $7.9M

The paperwork is done: Gonzalo Mottes joins from Chacarita Juniors in a deal worth $7.9M. Now comes the harder part.

Market

Corinthians turn down Alianza Lima for Robinho Junior

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Pedro Milans hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

At 20, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.03 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Market

Gonzalo Mottes attracts admirers

The name of Gonzalo Mottes has come up in conversations Corinthians were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Match

A bad afternoon for Corinthians against Botafogo

0-1 to Botafogo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Kaio César is carrying Corinthians

8 goals and a season average of 7.27. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Loan watch

João Pedro Tchoca wants to come home

“I did not go to Alianza Atletico to sit and watch. I want to come back to Corinthians and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fintelman

“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.

In brief

72 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom

Corinthians are in Europe

Qualification is done, and next season the floodlights come on for something bigger. A stage for the players, oxygen for the accounts and a passport for everybody else.

Market

Florián Monzón is a Corinthians player

The fee is $15.7M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Vélez drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market

Sport Recife come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Corinthians did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

The Vitória deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Pedro Milans reports back to Corinthians with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad

The golden glove goes to Hugo Souza

11 clean sheets across a season, and the one award on the pitch nobody else is eligible for. Most keepers get through a whole career without a year like it.

Market

Robinho Junior attracts admirers

The name of Robinho Junior has come up in conversations Corinthians were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.52 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Corinthians come up short against Atlético Mineiro

Atlético Mineiro left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Florián Monzón

“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.

In brief

71 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Flamengo come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Corinthians did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Hugo Souza

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Gabriel Paulista wants more than Corinthians are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

Corinthians lose Kaio César

48 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Memphis Depay is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.48 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Corinthians see off Cruzeiro

Three points for Corinthians, 1-0 the final word against Cruzeiro in a contest settled by the finer margins.

In brief

70 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

At 20, Gui Negão is already the best thing here

An average of 7.02 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Corinthians come up short against Fluminense

Fluminense left with the points after a 2-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Matheus Pereira 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.

Squad

Memphis Depay is carrying Corinthians

6 goals and a season average of 7.43. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Costly mistake from Hugo Souza

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Hugo Souza knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Hugo Souza

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

In brief

69 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Still nobody has beaten Corinthians

The unbeaten run reaches 15. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market

Pedro Milans hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Corinthians can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

At 19, Robinho Junior is already the best thing here

An average of 7.04 in a first team he is several years too young for. Corinthians have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Kaio César is carrying Corinthians

8 goals and a season average of 7.27. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Loan watch

João Pedro Tchoca wants to come home

“I did not go to Alianza Atletico to sit and watch. I want to come back to Corinthians and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

Squad

Fabrizio Angileri 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.

In brief

68 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Still nobody has beaten Corinthians

The unbeaten run reaches 14. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

3 goals for Pedro Raul

The match ball belongs to Pedro Raul, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Match

Corinthians get the job done against Sport Recife

A 3-1 win over Sport Recife, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Hugo Souza 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.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is carrying Corinthians

4 goals and a season average of 7.57. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Costly mistake from Hugo Souza

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Hugo Souza knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Loan watch

Román Gómez has seen enough of Cienciano

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Hugo Souza linked with a move away

The name of Hugo Souza keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Pedro Milans placed on the list

Corinthians have made Pedro Milans available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

67 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Still nobody has beaten Corinthians

The unbeaten run reaches 13. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Corinthians lose Kaio César

82 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Pedro Raul 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.

Match

Corinthians find a way past Vitória

Vitória made Corinthians work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Memphis Depay is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.39 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Matheus Pereira hit in the pocket

The fine is internal, the amount is nobody's business, and the fact that everybody at Corinthians knows about it by lunchtime is exactly the point of it.

In brief

66 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Still nobody has beaten Corinthians

The unbeaten run reaches 12. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Fabrizio Angileri: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Gui Negão is the real thing at 20

A season average of 7.05 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gabriel Paulista

“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.

Squad

Raniele is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.27 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Corinthians share the spoils with Fortaleza

A 1-1 draw with Fortaleza leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

65 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Still nobody has beaten Corinthians

The unbeaten run reaches 11. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Robinho Junior is the real thing at 19

A season average of 7.01 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Corinthians know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Match

Corinthians find a way past Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz made Corinthians work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Kaio César is carrying Corinthians

8 goals and a season average of 7.27. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Loan watch

João Pedro Tchoca wants to come home

“I did not go to Alianza Atletico to sit and watch. I want to come back to Corinthians and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fintelman

“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.

In brief

64 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Felipe Longo: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Corinthians have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Corinthians

The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Match

No end in sight to Corinthians's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Corinthians has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

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.

Squad

Rodrigo Garro is carrying Corinthians

4 goals and a season average of 7.53. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Loan watch

Román Gómez has seen enough of Cienciano

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Corinthians, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Gabriel Paulista knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Corinthians, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Match

Corinthians and Bahia take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Market

Hugo Souza linked with a move away

The name of Hugo Souza keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Corinthians say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

63 Edition

The Corinthians Sentinel

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Still nobody has beaten Corinthians

The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Kaio César out for 113 days

The medical room confirms 113 days on the sidelines for Kaio César, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Felipe Longo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Felipe Longo commits to Corinthians for another 4 years.

In brief