Is he really worth more than 38m euros? (Vipcomm)
So it turns out that the rumours in the British press were true after all. After weeks of speculation in the British press – which I am many in Brazil thought was nonsense – a huge bid for Lucas Moura from Manchester United was confirmed. Continue reading
Diego Forlán signed for Inter
With the European transfer window opening, there has been a flurry of transfer activity in Brazil. The rumour mill has also been going into overdrive. Continue reading
Vágner Love signs for Flamengo (Vipcomm)
A summary of the latest transfers in Brazilian football. Continue reading
Your fired! Vanderlei gets the boot (André Portugal/VIPCOMM)
It’s all happening at Flamengo these days both on and off the pitch. Continue reading
Brazilian football is back!
Brazilian football has been on its short summer break and so have I. Continue reading
Many of Brazil's young players have shot to fame (Getty Images)
Even without their two star names – Neymar and Lucas – Brazil won the under 20 World Cup in Colombia. They beat Portugal 3-2 after extra time in a lively final in which midfielder Oscar was the hero, scoring all three of Brazil’s goals. It’s the fifth time that Brazil have won the trophy. Continue reading
Denilson signs for São Paulo (Luis Barreto/VIPCOMM)
The transfer window for Brazilian clubs to sign foreign based players closed on Thursday night. The window has been dominated by the Carlos Tevez saga and rightly so. But some big names have arrived almost unnoticed. Here they are: Continue reading
Kléber won't be signing for Flamengo this year
I went down to the Palmeiras vs. Flamengo game on Wednesday night. It had all the ingredients for a great match: fourth against third, a crowd of around 35,000 people (very high by Brazilian standards), two of Brazil’s best coaches going head to head (Luis Felipe Scolari or Big Phil at Palmeiras and Vanderley Luxemburgo at Flamengo) and former world player of the year Ronaldinho on show. Continue reading
But how can they afford my wages? (Getty Images)
Corinthians’ bid for Carlos Tevez was truly sensational. A few years ago it was unthinkable that any Brazilian club could pay such a large transfer fee (between £40 and £50 million depending on who you believe) for any player. That’s not to mention his wages which are reported to be above £200,000 per week at Manchester City. The question is where did all this money come from? Continue reading
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.