Board sets new bonus for Libertadores spot, meets squad demand | OneFootball

The leaders of São Paulo's squad approved this Thursday (30th) the proposal to increase the bonus for securing a spot in the next Copa Libertadores through the Brazilian Championship.

As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR revealed, the promise of an increased bonus for the players was made on the 18th, before the match against Mirassol. With Márcio Carlomagno joining the daily routine at CT da Barra Funda, the directors promised a week to respond to the players’ counterproposals. And so it was done.

Qualifying for the Libertadores through the Brasileirão will earn the players up to 20% of the total amount São Paulo receives as a prize from the CBF for their final standing in the main national competition.

That is, not just for the athletes…

The board granted the request from the squad leaders that the amount be divided among all employees at CT da Barra Funda.

According to AMT’s findings, the initial bonus for qualification to the next Libertadores was agreed about two months ago between the football board and a committee of squad leaders, mainly formed by Calleri, Lucas, and Luiz Gustavo.

It had already been agreed at the time that the prize would come from the lump sum Tricolor will receive from the CBF for their placement in the Brasileirão. But, evidently, the percentage was lower than it is now.

São Paulo is currently ninth in the Brasileirão with 41 points, six behind Fluminense, who are currently the last team in the G-6 that qualifies for the continental competition. Today, according to calculations by the Federal University of Minas Gerais, the team has less than a 10% chance of qualifying for the Libertadores. But on Sunday (11/2), they have a direct clash with Vasco da Gama at São Januário.

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