Augusto Melo: Corinthians bigger than Flamengo, director "pathetic" | OneFootball

Augusto Melo Did Not Like the Statement of the President of the Deliberative Council of the São Paulo Team, Romeu Tuma Jr.

President of Corinthians, Augusto Melo blasted the statement of the president of the Deliberative Council of the São Paulo team, Romeu Tuma Jr. The leader found the situation "pathetic" and told the director to go to Flamengo.

WHAT HAPPENED?

This Friday (01), the president of the Deliberative Council of Corinthians, Romeu Tuma Jr., gave a press conference and commented on the current moment of the São Paulo team. During the statement, the director stated that the club wants to be Flamengo.

— I'm not going to close the coffin. Corinthians needs to turn the page and be reborn from the ashes. I want to fly with the eagle, we want to be Flamengo and we will be -

DID CORINTHIANS PAY THE DEBT FOR MATHEUZINHO?

Flamengo received a multimillion-dollar amount this Friday (01). This is because Corinthians paid around R$ 14 million to Mais Querido for the purchase of right-back Matheuzinho, who left Rubro-Negro in February 2024.

At the time, Flamengo agreed to receive R$ 21.48 million from Corinthians to sell Matheuzinho. However, the São Paulo team delayed the third installment. Therefore, Mais Querido demanded payment of the entire amount it had to receive from the Itaquera team. After a few months, Rubro-Negro received the value.

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