Bombshell: São Paulo may lend Morumbi to Santos, face Corinthians there | OneFootball

The São Paulo and Santos boards have begun talks about once again lending each other their stadiums, just as happened last year. This is even after president Harry Massis put his foot down internally when he took Julio Casares’s place and said that the Morumbi club would not play at Vila Belmiro again.

According to what AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR found out, the reasons are the same. São Paulo is looking for a home venue when Morumbi is occupied by concerts. And Santos wants a place to play in the capital and make money from ticket sales (this year, for example, they played in Itaquera after Tricolor refused to rent out its stadium).

So far, so good. The problem that should infuriate São Paulo fans is that the match São Paulo is expected to play on the coast is precisely the second-half Brasileirão derby against another rival, Corinthians.

São Paulo will play at Morumbi again against Coritiba at 9 p.m. (Brasília time) on the 15th (Saturday). Right after the main national competition resumed, they had to play in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo state, in a loss to Athletico-PR because of three concerts by British singer Harry Styles.

Now, the club is set to be displaced from its home again at the end of October for three performances by South Korean k-pop group BTS. The last of them is scheduled for the 31st. And the derby against the team from the east side of the city is set for November 4.

In other words, there would be no way to have Morumbi in full condition.

Sources from São Paulo’s top brass told the report that a series of alternatives were considered, such as Brinco de Ouro and Ribeirão Preto. But because of logistics and head coach Dorival Júnior’s approval, Vila seemed to be the best option.

The club is considering whether to sacrifice its other two final home matches in the Brasileirão (against Fluminense and Remo, both in November) in order to finally renovate Morumbi’s pitch once and for all. That will depend, of course, on the team’s situation in the league by then.

Last year, because of concerts at its stadium, São Paulo played four home matches at Santos’s stadium. Altogether, there have been six matches in history with São Paulo as the home team at Vila. Curiously, the clash against Corinthians would not be the first derby, since in 1936, when Tricolor still did not have its own stadium, it faced Santos there even while holding home-field advantage.

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