Alisson may be a rare São Paulo to Corinthians switch: seven others | OneFootball

São Paulo knows it will have a player missing from its team for the classic match this Sunday (18) against Corinthians, in Itaquera, for the Campeonato Paulista. Negotiating with the rival from the eastern zone, Alisson is cut from the match.

Yes, the arch-enemy is interested in signing the number 25, a request from coach Dorival Júnior, with whom he had his best moment at Morumbi in 2023, during the historic Copa do Brasil title campaign (to learn more about the current stage of the deal, click here).

Even so, the move draws attention for its novelty. To give you an idea of the boldness of the move, leaving São Paulo to play in the eastern zone is something relatively rare. So much so that in our research we found only seven similar episodes.

AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR now recalls other cases where players left Morumbi to go to Parque São Jorge.

And here we will limit ourselves to listing cases where the move was direct. That is, the player was necessarily signed by Corinthians coming from São Paulo or at least the pass or rights still belonged to Tricolor at the time of negotiation.

1 – ALFREDO RAMOS

Alfredo Ramos Castilho is one of the symbols of São Paulo, where he arrived in 1950 from Santos. In eight years with Tricolor in the pre-Morumbi phase, he participated in 322 matches, won the 1953 Paulistão, and was one of those called up for the Brazilian National Team in the 1954 World Cup. However, in 1957, in the wake of the need to raise funds for the construction of their stadium, Tricolor agreed to sell him to Corinthians. But there couldn't have been worse luck. In the Majestoso of the first round of that season's State Championship, the 'Octopus' (as he was called due to his relentless marking ability) ended up breaking his leg and never managed to perform at a high level again. A São Paulo curse or not?

2 – SÉRGIO VALENTIM

Another case of a São Paulo curse. Sérgio Wagner Valentim was the great idol of the Tricolor goal between Poy and Waldir Peres. Signed in the 1960s, he took the starting position in the early 1970s. He earned the nickname 'São Sérgio' for his difficult saves during the 1971 Paulista title campaign. But his difficult personality led him into a collision course with the board during contract renewal. From being sanctified, he was attacked, even being publicly called 'conceited' by coach Aymoré Moreira. Therefore, he played the 1974 State Championship on loan to Ferroviária before being sold to Corinthians in 1975 to be the great leader on the field for the rival, who was struggling to end an uncomfortable title drought. However, at Parque São Jorge, he ended up breaking his right arm and could only return to the field the following year when Tobias was already in charge of the alvinegro goals.

3 – ZÉ ROBERTO

José Roberto Marques was a center-forward revealed by São Paulo in the 1960s. His connection with Corinthians was already in his blood. He was the son of Jerônimo, a winger who played for the Parque São Jorge club in the 1940s. A reserve for Toninho Guerreiro, he ended up without space in the São Paulo squad and was loaned to the two Paraná rivals, Athletico and Coritiba, becoming an idol of the latter. Known for his bohemian life off the field, he was sold to Corinthians in 1974 by São Paulo, where he had a taste of revenge for what he considered unfair treatment: he scored the goal for their first-round Paulistão title that year.

4 – ELIVÉLTON

The most famous stutterer of the 1990s, Elivélton Alves Rufino was a revelation from São Paulo's youth categories and was promoted by Telê Santana as a forward, but actually played in all possible positions with the master, winning everything he could and being called up to the Brazilian National Team. At the end of 1993, he was loaned to Nagoya Grampus, but the Japanese did not want to make the purchase of his pass permanent, paving the way for a definitive negotiation with Corinthians in 1995, after a period training at the Barra Funda CT sidelined.

5 – VÍTOR

In a phase when Cafu was still playing as a midfielder, the owner of the São Paulo right-back position in the early 1990s was Claudemir Vítor Marques. Still the Brazilian record holder for Libertadores titles (won four!), Vítor was loaned to Corinthians in 1995 after losing space with Telê Santana.

6 – ANDRÉ LUIZ

André Luiz Moreira was one of the great promises of São Paulo's youth categories in the early 1990s, alongside Denílson and Caio Ribeiro. He started as a left-back but ended up being deployed as an attacking midfielder due to marking problems. He was the first major signing by Banco Excel for Corinthians in 1997, in a controversial negotiation, as São Paulo claimed they did not know the destination of their player.

7 – JADSON

Paranaense Jadson Rodrigues da Silva is the only name on this list who actually became an idol of the rival after leaving Morumbi. Signed in 2012 by Tricolor from Ukrainian football, the attacking midfielder even started well for São Paulo but fell out of favor the following year when he had to play on the wings to replace Lucas Moura, sold to PSG. He was involved in a historic exchange with Alexandre Pato in 2014.

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