Board to Crespo: hoping to sell Pablo Maia, Rodriguinho by year-end | OneFootball

São Paulo held its first planning meeting on Wednesday (29) between its board and technical committee to outline the strategy for the 2026 season. Much, such as the profile of reinforcements and related matters, has already been anticipated by AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR. However, a detail discussed at the meeting was discovered by the report: potential departures from the squad.

President Julio Casares and director Carlos Belmonte were questioned by coach Hernán Crespo about whether the board is considering more sales. And the answer could not be different for a club with serious financial problems: yes.

According to the report, Crespo learned that two names are being considered for receiving proposals from European football: midfielder Pablo Maia and attacking midfielder Rodriguinho.

The interest from teams in the Old Continent in the duo is not new. Pablo Maia has been strongly considered for a good sale to São Paulo since 2022, when he joined the professionals. The Tricolor even rejected an offer from Fulham, England, at the end of that season.

In 2023, during the European summer window, the club decided to heed then-coach Dorival Júnior and kept the midfielder for the Copa do Brasil. It worked out, resulting in a title, but the player ended up suffering a severe injury, which made Spanish club Betis withdraw from the proposal they were going to make.

With Rodriguinho, the situation is no different. During periods when he was sidelined without opportunities, the player refused loan offers to national teams. His staff decided to act and found Turkish and Dutch teams willing to have him. However, nothing concrete reached Morumbi.

In the accounts released by the club so far, there was a reduction in the club's debt by R$ 56 million between January and September and a revenue of R$ 233 million from the sale of youth players. Even so, according to AMT's findings, the order is to raise more to achieve greater balance in the professional football accounts, the most concerning sector according to the Investment Fund in Credit Rights (FIDC) reports, made by the team in partnership with OutField Ventures and Galápagos Capital.

The internal expectation (which can be considered a dream) is to raise up to R$ 150 million from the sales of the two players.

The message to Crespo was clear: São Paulo will continue selling players in 2026. But just like with purchases, Crespo will also be heard in sales.

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