Corinthians handle transfer ban with care, urgent debts take priority

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Central do Timão

·23. September 2025

Corinthians handle transfer ban with care, urgent debts take priority

By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Editorial Team

According to journalist Marco Bello from Meu Timão, the Corinthians board assures that they will settle the transfer ban related to the purchase of defender Félix Torres from Santos Laguna, Mexico, in January 2024, before the start of the next transfer window.

The Corinthians directors are handling the situation cautiously and are prioritizing the payment of more urgent debts. Therefore, the expectation is that the Alvinegro will manage to settle the debt with the Mexican club by the beginning of 2026 at the latest. The Alvinegro's debt for the purchase of Félix Torres is approximately R$ 40 million – it was R$ 33 million, but with interest, fines, and taxes, the amount has increased.

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Corinthians even resorted to filing a case with the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) – a FIFA body after the delay in payment of the agreed installments at the time of signing. When they acquired the Ecuadorian, the club paid an upfront fee of 2 million dollars and did not pay the remaining five installments. The Alvinegro tried to negotiate with the Mexicans for installment payments of the debt, but the Mexican team refused the offer. The punishment has been active since August, and currently, the club is prohibited from registering new athletes in the Daily Information Bulletin (BID).

The transfer ban, in addition to affecting the professional football department, interferes with the club's youth system, which cannot register new players for the Under-20 team. According to Meu Timão, the Corinthians board plans to resolve other issues and believes in revenue advances and cost cuts.

The Alvinegro plans to use the termination fee (R$ 14 million) paid by Bahia to sign forward Kauê Furquim, 16, and the R$ 50 million advance from the renewal with Nike, the club's sports equipment supplier, to settle the mentioned debts. Besides the Félix Torres case, Corinthians still has two other cases at FIFA: midfielders Matías Rojas and Rodrigo Garro. Both decisions are expected to be announced by the CAS in the coming days.

The first left the Parque São Jorge club unilaterally at the end of February 2024, claiming delayed payments of image rights and is demanding R$ 40 million from the club at FIFA – an amount that refers to remuneration until the end of his contract, which would run until 2027. In Garro's case, the Alvinegro did not pay the agreed installments with Talleres, Argentina, at the time of signing – also in January 2024 – which is around R$ 27 million.

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