Jardim wants a new playmaker this window

The squad's away on the World Cup break, so the noise this week is about recruitment. Leonardo Jardim used his post-Coritiba press conference to confirm he's asked the board for an attacking midfielder in the next window, a profile to sit between Arrascaeta, who at 31 has lost a little of his old spark, and Carrascal, whom he reads more as a wide man than a true number ten. Sporting director José Boto is working the market, though Jardim was clear the spend hinges on the budget: "We won't change for the sake of changing." We sit second, 34 points and seven behind Palmeiras with a game in hand, and the season doesn't resume until late July.