Corinthians halt filming with Memphis amid contract renewal limbo | OneFootball

Corinthians suspended a recording session that had been scheduled with Memphis Depay at Neo Química Arena on Friday afternoon (07). The production, which was part of the striker’s contract renewal campaign, will only resume after the new deal between the parties is signed.

The club has already developed concepts, pieces, and materials to announce the No. 10’s stay. However, part of the campaign depends on capturing new images of the player, who will not take part in the recordings until the contract is officially signed. The information was first reported by UOL and confirmed by Central do Timão.

Photo: Rodrigo Coca / Corinthians

According to sources linked to Corinthians, any participation by Memphis in activities promoted by the club is treated as professional activity. For that reason, the marketing department was not authorized to use the player before the new agreement is formally completed.

The canceled recording would have been part of one of the videos prepared for the renewal campaign. In addition to that material, other content related to the Dutch player’s stay has already been produced.

As soon as he arrived in Brazil, he underwent medical examinations in São Paulo and is now awaiting the next steps to define his future at Parque São Jorge. To stay at Corinthians, Memphis has already agreed to lower his salary demands and adjust to the club’s financial reality. In recent weeks, both sides have exchanged different proposals. In the most recent offer presented by the Dutchman, part of the remuneration would be tied to commercial activities developed in partnership with Corinthians. The proposal also provides for performance bonuses at values lower than those established in the previous contract.

It is worth noting that, even with three active transfer bans – two from FIFA and one from the CBF – Corinthians can register the player’s new contract, since it is not a signing but rather an extension of his current deal. The club’s debt of just over R$ 40 million to the Dutchman, referring to bonuses for targets reached under the current contract, if the contract is renewed, should be spread over four semiannual installments, which will begin to be paid in February 2027.

Memphis Depay at the World Cup

In three matches at the world’s biggest international tournament (all coming off the bench), he recorded one assist and 51 minutes on the field – Japan (2–2 – 20 minutes), Sweden (5–1 – 18 minutes played and one assist), and Tunisia (3–1 – 13 minutes played). In the match that resulted in the Netherlands’ elimination, against Morocco on penalties on June 25, the No. 10 did not even come off the bench for the team then coached by Ronald Koeman.

Memphis Depay’s current form

Corinthians’ No. 10 is having a season below expectations. In 14 matches for Timão in 2026 (11 as a starter), he has one goal and one assist. Between the end of March and the end of May, Memphis was sidelined as he recovered from a grade 2 muscle injury suffered in a match against Flamengo in Itaquera in the eighth round of the Brasileirão.

Between the injury diagnosis and the start of the World Cup, Memphis Depay played in only two matches for Corinthians, one coming off the bench (Atlético-MG – Brasileirão) and the other starting (Platense-ARG – Conmebol Libertadores), but he was substituted by Fernando Diniz right at halftime.

Memphis Depay’s numbers for Corinthians

Signed in September 2024 after not having his contract renewed by Atlético de Madrid of Spain, Memphis Depay arrived at Corinthians and immediately played a key role in the team’s surge in the previous edition of the Brazilian Championship (from the relegation zone to the Libertadores qualifying stage), scoring seven goals and providing one assist in 11 matches in the national tournament.

Last season and at the start of this one, he was decisive in the club’s Campeonato Paulista (2025), Copa do Brasil (2025), and Supercopa do Brasil (2026) triumphs, totaling two assists in those finals and playing an important role in the earlier knockout rounds. Wearing the Corinthians shirt, he has 20 goals and 15 assists in 79 matches – 40 wins, 18 draws, and 21 losses – a 58.23% success rate.

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