“Liar!”: Denílson slams Cunha’s claim on São Paulo return | OneFootball

Another major controversy has emerged at São Paulo. But calm down, fans, this time it only involves a matter from the past, specifically the period from 2007 to 2008.

After spending ten years playing abroad, the idol Denílson was returning to Brazilian football and, of course, knocked on the doors of São Paulo, the club that discovered him and where he started kicking a ball at the age of 11.

However, as has been recounted several times by the former player and now commentator, the then football director of Tricolor, João Paulo de Jesus Lopes, allegedly forbade Denílson from training with the team at the training center. Years later, the director gave his version of the story.

“Maybe this is the first time I’m talking about this. I was the football director and, in fact, I authorized Denílson to keep training at the training center. I received a request from the coaching staff—I won’t mention who—asking that he not continue there, as his behavior was not appropriate. I followed the recommendation and informed him. That’s it, the rest is legend. I won’t go into details,” said João Paulo.

Marco Aurélio Cunha, now also a commentator and São Paulo’s doctor, told a similar story in an interview with former Tricolor player Alex Bruno. And Denílson rushed to call the doctor a liar.

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