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Flamengo Executive from 2012 to 2025, Bruno Spindel is Close to Being Announced by Corinthians

One former Flamengo member leaves and another ex-rubro-negro is expected to arrive. After dismissing Fabinho Soldado from the position of football director, Corinthians is close to announcing Bruno Spindel for the role. The executive, who will leave Mengão in 2025, has already agreed on salary terms with the São Paulo club.

Bruno Spindel was Corinthians’ ‘plan B’. The club’s priority was Alessandro Brito, from Botafogo, but talks did not progress. So, Corinthians president Osmar Stabile consulted allies and arrived at the name of the former Flamengo executive, who helped assemble the rubro-negro squad that won the Libertadores titles in 2019 and 2022, for example.

Spindel has been without a club since August of this year, when he left Flamengo. Between 2019 and 2024, the executive was one of the ‘strong men’ of rubro-negro football alongside Marcos Braz. However, with the victory of president Luiz Eduardo Baptista in the elections, Bruno lost ground with the arrival of José Boto.

WHY DID FABINHO LEAVE CORINTHIANS?

In short, Fabinho Soldado, who worked with Spindel at Flamengo until 2024, resigned from the Rubro-Negro at the beginning of last year to work at Corinthians. After reaching his peak with the São Paulo club, winning the Copa do Brasil title, he was dismissed.

The director was dissatisfied with the political influence on his work and felt he was being ‘undermined’ behind the scenes at the club. Therefore, by mutual agreement, Fabinho and Corinthians terminated the contract, even after the Copa do Brasil title over Vasco, right at Maracanã.

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