From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 Nov 2027
Muriel out for 128 daysThe medical room confirms 128 days on the sidelines for Muriel , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Arthur : 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.” Nautico have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad15 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Dieguinho
“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.
Muriel Muriel out for 128 days
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Uneasy
Squad8 Nov 2027
53 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 76 days on the sidelines for Wanderson , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Felipe Saraiva 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match1 Nov 2027
Nautico sink to position 1017 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Reginaldo Lopes . Nautico will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Mateus Silva 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Felipe Redaelli
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Mateus Silva Mateus Silva says Nautico went back on their word
In brief
Squad
Muriel keeps his manager's vote
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad18 Oct 2027
Yuri says Nautico 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Arthur
“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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Auremir 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.
Yuri Yuri says Nautico went back on their word
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Uneasy
Squad11 Oct 2027
The medical room confirms 112 days on the sidelines for Wanderson , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Yuri keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Yuri plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
In brief
Squad
Auremir is out on the grass again
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match4 Oct 2027
Nautico sink to position 1017 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Reginaldo Lopes commits to Nautico for another 2 years.
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Uneasy
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Paulo Sérgio
“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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Dieguinho 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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager comes out for Ramon
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Ramon has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad20 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Felipe Saraiva 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.
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Uneasy
Squad13 Sep 2027
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.” Nautico have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Mateus Silva 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Felipe Saraiva 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Vinícius Vinícius: that is not what I was promised
In brief
Squad
The manager comes out for Arnaldo
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match6 Sep 2027
Nautico sink to position 1017 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market6 Sep 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Arnaldo
“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.
Dieguinho Nautico turn down Maccabi Netanya for Dieguinho
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Uneasy
Squad30 Aug 2027
Auremir : 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.” Nautico have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Muriel
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.
Match28 Aug 2027
A 3-2 win over Paysandu , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Auremir Auremir: that is not what I was promised
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Reginaldo Lopes
“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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Arnaldo left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Arnaldo will call it something else in private.
The terraces30 Aug 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Auremir
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
The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Iván Manzur
The terraces
Toró has his own song now
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match21 Aug 2027
7 matches without a win for Nautico
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Nautico are no longer polite ones.
Match21 Aug 2027
0-1 to America Mineiro , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Paulo Sérgio 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Aug 2027
6 matches without a win for Nautico
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Nautico are no longer polite ones.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Matheus Ribeiro
“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.
Match14 Aug 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad16 Aug 2027
2 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Paulo Sérgio 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Matheus Ribeiro keeps the shirt for now, at Nautico 's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Match9 Aug 2027
Nautico are in real trouble nowPosition 10, 12 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match7 Aug 2027
5 matches without a win for Nautico
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Nautico are no longer polite ones.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Ramon signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ramon commits to Nautico for another 3 years.
Ramon Ramon signs a new deal
Squad9 Aug 2027
Paulo Sérgio left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Paulo Sérgio will call it something else in private.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Ramon 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Luiz Felipe
“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.
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Crisis
Match31 Jul 2027
4 matches without a win for Nautico
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Nautico are no longer polite ones.
Match31 Jul 2027
1-2 to Juventude , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Vanderlan 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Ramon 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Rony has taken the shirtAt 32 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Nautico are won quietly and lost loudly.
Market2 Aug 2027
The clock runs on Arthur 's contract
12 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
Market
Tiago Massa placed on the list
Market
The window shut and Luiz Paulo is still in the building
The terraces
The press have found their man in Dodô
Squad
The selectors could not leave Dodô out
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Crisis
Squad26 Jul 2027
Rony : 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.” Nautico have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match24 Jul 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad26 Jul 2027
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.
Rony Rony: that is not what I was promised
In brief
The terraces
The spotlight tightens on Muriel
Squad
Mateus Silva has company in his position
Squad
Felipe Saraiva unhappy with how he is being used
Market
The window shut and Wanderson is still in the building
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad19 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Muriel
“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.
Match17 Jul 2027
São Paulo left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Arnaldo 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.
Muriel The manager makes an example of Muriel
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Crisis
Match12 Jul 2027
Nautico sink to position 1011 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match10 Jul 2027
Beaten 1-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“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
Squad
Iván Manzur asks for a word with the manager
Squad
Ramon suspended
The terraces
The spotlight tightens on Auremir
Squad
Vinícius unhappy with how he is being used
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad5 Jul 2027
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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Auremir : 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.” Nautico have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Rony stays put“The easiest signature of my career.” Rony and Nautico agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Muriel Muriel keeps Nautico in it on his own
In brief
Match
Nautico get the job done against Boa
Squad
The manager makes an example of Paulo Sérgio
The terraces
The press have found their man in Rony
The terraces
The stand has a song for Rony
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market28 Jun 2027
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.
Market28 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Dieguinho
“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.
Rony Rony is a Nautico player again
In brief
Squad
Vinícius asks for a word with the manager
Squad
Dodô has company in his position
Market
Igor Fernandes placed on the list
Squad
Dodô named in the team of the week
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match19 Jun 2027
4 matches without a win for Nautico
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Nautico are no longer polite ones.
Market21 Jun 2027
Júnior Todinho has left for Sampaio Correa in a $520.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market21 Jun 2027
Mirassol pay $310.0K, 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.
Match19 Jun 2027
Internacional left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Matheus Ribeiro
“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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Muriel lets one through his handsA defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Crisis
Match14 Jun 2027
Nautico sink to position 98 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match12 Jun 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market14 Jun 2027
Sampaio Correa are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Nautico will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Felipe Saraiva 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.
The terraces14 Jun 2027
The spotlight tightens on Paulo Sérgio
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.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Jun 2027
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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Iván Manzur
“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.
Match5 Jun 2027
A 1-1 draw with America Mineiro leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Muriel Muriel keeps Nautico in it on his own
The terraces7 Jun 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Muriel
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.
Market7 Jun 2027
Luiz Paulo is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Nautico has been clear about where Luiz Paulo stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
In brief
Squad
Paulo Sérgio is not saying it is over
The terraces
The press have found their man in Dodô
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match29 May 2027
Chastening afternoon for Nautico
A 0-4 beating by Mirassol was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Arnaldo
“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.
Boardroom31 May 2027
Nobody left the Nautico 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.
Arnaldo The manager makes an example of Arnaldo
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Uneasy
Match19 May 2027
Nautico out of the cupVasco da Gama ended it 0-2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Match22 May 2027
Three points for Nautico , 3-1 the final word against Oeste in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad24 May 2027
Dieguinho 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.
Squad24 May 2027
Arnaldo 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.
Squad24 May 2027
Vitinho finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Nautico have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad24 May 2027
Iván Manzur finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Nautico have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Crisis
Match15 May 2027
Chastening afternoon for Nautico
A 0-5 beating by Juventude was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match15 May 2027
No end in sight to Nautico 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nautico has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad17 May 2027
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.
Vinícius Vinícius gets it from the manager
In brief
Squad
Vitor Pacheco out for 33 days
Boardroom
Nobody left the Nautico dressing room in a hurry
Squad
A long afternoon for Muriel
Squad
Auremir asks for a word with the manager
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match8 May 2027
A bad afternoon for Nautico against Parana
1-2 to Parana , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Muriel
“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.
Squad10 May 2027
Vinícius 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Muriel The manager makes an example of Muriel
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Uneasy
Squad3 May 2027
“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.
Squad3 May 2027
Paulo Sérgio 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.
Squad3 May 2027
27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Iván Manzur Iván Manzur says Nautico went back on their word
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Crisis
Squad26 Apr 2027
Dodô out for 14 daysThe medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Dodô , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Arnaldo 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.
Match24 Apr 2027
0-1 to Sampaio Correa , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Dodô Dodô out for 14 days
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Uneasy
Market19 Apr 2027
The shirt still fits. Fernando Machado is back at Nautico , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market19 Apr 2027
The shirt still fits. Leozao is back at Nautico , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market19 Apr 2027
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.
Market19 Apr 2027
The shirt still fits. Luiz Correia is back at Nautico , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Match17 Apr 2027
Boa made Nautico work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Reginaldo Lopes
“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.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 12598. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
The terraces19 Apr 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Muriel
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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Nautico have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
In brief
Squad
Toró finally opens his account
Squad
Toró has taken the shirt
The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Toró
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonatan Lucca and Nautico agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Matheus Ribeiro has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Gabriel Índio has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad5 Apr 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Paulo Sérgio and Nautico agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The armband comes off Vinícius
Nautico 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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“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
Squad
Yuri takes the armband
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match29 Mar 2027
Nautico sink to position 103 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad29 Mar 2027
29 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Júnior Todinho 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 manager comes out for Vitinho
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad22 Mar 2027
Júnior Todinho 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Igor Fernandes plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager comes out for Muriel
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Muriel has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Muriel The manager comes out for Muriel
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Uneasy
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vinícius and Nautico agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Auremir keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Auremir plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Paulo Sérgio is out on the grass againHe came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Nautico will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Match1 Mar 2027
Nautico sink to position 103 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Arnaldo has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Arnaldo keeps the shirt for now, at Nautico 's convenience rather than his own.
Market1 Mar 2027
No fee and no drama: André Lucas has signed at Nautico , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
Arnaldo Arnaldo has company in his position
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Uneasy
Squad22 Feb 2027
Arthur 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Vitinho keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Vitinho plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Arthur back in trainingA welcome sight on the training pitch: Arthur has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
Arthur Arthur gets it from the manager
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Squad15 Feb 2027
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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Ramon keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Ramon plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Léo Jance has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
Vinícius Vinícius asks for a word with the manager
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Squad8 Feb 2027
28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Vinícius 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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The manager comes out for Arnaldo
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Match1 Feb 2027
Nautico sink to position 103 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Paulo Sérgio 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Arthur out for 25 daysThe medical room confirms 25 days on the sidelines for Arthur , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Squad25 Jan 2027
Paulo Sérgio 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Vinícius keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Vinícius plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Squad18 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
19 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Júnior Todinho 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.
Vinícius Vinícius says Nautico went back on their word
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Market11 Jan 2027
Wenderson 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 Nautico can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Jan 2027
56 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Leandro Kauã 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.
Wenderson Wenderson hands in a written request
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Match4 Jan 2027
Nautico sink to position 103 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nautico can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Yuri 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Somebody is after Vinícius ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Vinícius suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Nautico have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market4 Jan 2027
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Davi Góes arrives at Nautico with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Market28 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nautico can pretend not to have heard.
Market28 Dec 2026
Antônio has left for Parana in a $190.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 194% of everything Nautico earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
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Yuri knocks on the manager's door
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Somebody is after Dieguinho ’s shirt
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The transfer that hurt Paulo Sérgio most
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The manager comes out for Wanderson
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Market21 Dec 2026
Mirassol come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Nautico did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad21 Dec 2026
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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Arnaldo has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Arnaldo keeps the shirt for now, at Nautico 's convenience rather than his own.
Vinícius Mirassol come back empty-handed
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Squad14 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 87 days on the sidelines for Vinícius , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market14 Dec 2026
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Antônio reports back to Nautico with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Paulo Sérgio 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market14 Dec 2026
Wanderson told to find a new club“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Wanderson has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Nautico .
Squad14 Dec 2026
Muriel has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Muriel keeps the shirt for now, at Nautico 's convenience rather than his own.
Market14 Dec 2026
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Felipe Preis arrives at Nautico with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Match7 Dec 2026
Nautico sink to position 103 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market7 Dec 2026
“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.
Market7 Dec 2026
Nautico have made Júnior Todinho available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Antônio Antônio asks to leave Nautico
Market7 Dec 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Paulo Sérgio 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.
Market7 Dec 2026
Wenderson told to find a new club“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Wenderson has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Nautico .
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Market30 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nautico can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Júnior Todinho : 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.” Nautico have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
262% of the income goes out in wages at Nautico
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Antônio knocks on the manager's door
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Vinícius keeps his manager's vote
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Squad23 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Leandro Kauã 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Ramon keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Ramon plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Squad16 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Vinícius out for 119 daysThe medical room confirms 119 days on the sidelines for Vinícius , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Yuri 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Leandro Kauã Leandro Kauã says Nautico went back on their word
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Alemão keeps his manager's vote
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Match9 Nov 2026
Nautico sink to position 103 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Yuri says Nautico 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager comes out for Auremir
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Auremir has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Yuri Yuri says Nautico went back on their word
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Squad2 Nov 2026
Alemão : 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.” Nautico have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
262% of the income goes out in wages at Nautico
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Vinícius keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Vinícius plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Alemão Alemão: that is not what I was promised
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Squad26 Oct 2026
Auremir 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Paulo Sérgio 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Igor Fernandes has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Auremir Auremir gets it from the manager
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Yuri back in training
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Squad19 Oct 2026
Paulo Sérgio : 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.” Nautico have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Arthur 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Alemão keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Alemão plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Match12 Oct 2026
Nautico sink to position 103 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Júnior Todinho 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager comes out for Auremir
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Auremir has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 475% of everything Nautico earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Júnior Todinho 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager comes out for Ramon
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Ramon has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Squad28 Sep 2026
Leandro Kauã 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Júnior Todinho has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Felipe Saraiva
“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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Yuri 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Vinícius keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Vinícius plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Match12 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Nautico 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nautico has to find a result from somewhere.
Match14 Sep 2026
Nautico sink to position 103 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match12 Sep 2026
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Alemão Alemão gets it from the manager
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Alemão gets it from the manager
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The shirt belongs to Vinícius now
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Paulo Sérgio unhappy with how he is being used
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Yuri asks for a word with the manager
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Crisis
Match5 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Nautico 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nautico has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 401% of everything Nautico earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of 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.
Vinícius The manager makes an example of Vinícius
Match5 Sep 2026
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
Everybody has an opinion about Muriel
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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
At 22 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Nautico have a decision that made itself.
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Match29 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Nautico 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nautico has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad31 Aug 2026
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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Reginaldo Lopes , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Muriel Muriel keeps Nautico in it on his own
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Match19 Aug 2026
Nautico out of the cupCorinthians ended it 0-3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Nautico 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nautico has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Arnaldo 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.
Arnaldo Arnaldo gets it from the manager
Match22 Aug 2026
0-1 to Santa Cruz , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Paulo Sérgio 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 Nautico , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Squad17 Aug 2026
Muriel decides it from twelve yards2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match12 Aug 2026
Nautico through in the cupA 1-1 win over Bragantino , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Auremir 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.
Muriel Muriel decides it from twelve yards
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Market10 Aug 2026
Nautico and Arnaldo are talking past each other“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
Antônio placed on the listNautico have made Antônio available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager comes out for Vinícius
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Vinícius has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Arnaldo Nautico and Arnaldo are talking past each other
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Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vinícius and Nautico agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Leandro Kauã 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nautico and Muriel are talking past each other“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market3 Aug 2026
24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Match1 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Parana will be the happier side with the point.
Squad3 Aug 2026
At 20 years old, Juan Rikelme became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.