Falcão reacts during Inter's 3-0 home loss to São Paulo (Jefferson Bernardes/ VIPCOMM)
Less than a week after my report about the coaching merry-go-round in Brazil and another one bites the dust. This time it’s Falcão at Internacional. Ironically (or perhaps fittingly depending on how you look at it), the sacking came after Inter lost 3-0 at home to São Paulo, the team who sacked their coach a week earlier. Adilson Batista will be the new coach at São Paulo.
César Carpegiani got the boot at São Paulo (Wagner Carmo/Vipcomm)
After a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro last Wednesday, São Paulo decided to part company with their coach César Carpegiani. Continue reading
Could Neymar be heading to Barça? (Mowa Press)
According to the Brazilian press Barcelona have now joined Real Madrid in the quest to sign Neymar from Santos. And it’s about time for them to declare an interest too if you ask me. Continue reading
Could be going to Corinthians (Getty Images)
Corinthians are stealing the show in the transfer market rumours space at the moment. Their ambitious (and annoying) president Andres Sanchez is up for re-election later this year and a few big name signings would do his hopes no harm at all. Continue reading
Ganso wants to leave Santos (Ag. Estado)
Putting contract talks and his wish to leave aside, Ganso put in a superb performance for Santos, helping them to a 3-1 win over Mogi Mirim in the São Paulo State Championship. Continue reading
Do I really need to do this push-up? (Maurício Val/VIPCOMM)
Local press reports say that Adriano will sign for Corinthians later this week. Continue reading
Ganso wants to play in Europe (Getty Images)
Paulo Henrique Ganso has told Santos that he wants to quit the club and move to Europe. Local media say that Inter Milan (coached by a Brazilian, Leonardo) are favourites to sign the 21 year old.
After prolonged contract negotiations, it had seemed, three weeks ago, that Ganso was ready to sign a new deal at Santos. This was widely reported in the local media and this blog. However, while salary was not an issue (Ganso would earn approximately GBP 40k per week versus his current wage of less than a quarter of that), Ganso was not happy with the release clause in the contract and this was the main sticking point. Continue reading
Would Adriano be good for Flamengo? (Márcia Feitosa/VIPCOMM)
Adriano is wanted at Flamengo by Flamengo fans. The only problem is that coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo doesn’t and says that he wouldn’t fit into the culture they are trying to build at the club. Continue reading
Muricy quits Fluminense (Getty Images)
Muricy Ramalho has sensationally quit as coach of Fluminense. The news is a huge surprise since Muricy turned down the chance to coach the seleção (Brazilian national team) last year in order to honour his contract with Fluminense. It also comes less than four months after he won the National Championship with Fluminense. Muricy cited a lack of structure and Santos (currently coach-less) are said to be interested. Continue reading
Luis Fabiano is coming back to São Paulo (photo: São Paulo FC website)
After five seasons in Europe with Porto and Sevilla, Luis Fabiano is returning to São Paulo, the team where he shot to fame and earned his first call up to the seleção (Brazilian national team). The transfer fee is somewhere in the region of 7.6 million euros and the player has signed a four year contract. Continue reading