Corinthians log forward's exit on BID, close to return to MCF | OneFootball

Late this Wednesday afternoon (19), Corinthians registered in the Daily Information Bulletin (BID) of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) the contract termination of 16-year-old forward Pedro Morelli. The youngster was at the center of the case that led to the club’s exit from the Movement of Training Clubs of Brazil (MCFB).

In this way, the club from Parque São Jorge moved forward with its return to the group. However, as reported by Meu Timão, Corinthians had not yet received approval to rejoin the movement. During the month of May, Timão was negotiating an agreement with Palmeiras, the club the player represented before moving to Parque São Jorge, to rejoin the MCF by sharing the player’s economic rights.

Photo: Rodrigo Gazzanel/Agência Corinthians

For that to happen, the player’s family would have had to give up 50% of the rights and transfer them to the Barra Funda club. However, the offer was ultimately rejected. Under the deal, Corinthians would pay Palmeiras R$ 1 million and, in return, the two clubs would begin sharing the player’s economic rights. Talks aimed at resolving the impasse lasted more than three months after Corinthians and Palmeiras reached an understanding. During that period, Morelli lost space within the Corinthians squad.

The forward stopped being called up for matches and later also stopped taking part in training sessions with the Corinthians team. Faced with the lack of an agreement, the board began to consider the player’s departure as the necessary path to try to unlock Corinthians’ return process to the MCF.

*Update: A few hours after the termination was published in the BID, the Movement of Training Clubs of Brazil (MCFB) issued an official statement confirming Corinthians’ return to the group –See below:

Corinthians is reinstated to the MCFFB

The Movement of Training Clubs of Brazilian Football (MCFFB) announces the reinstatement of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista to the Movement, following an internal decision by the Presidency and Board of Directors. The decision reaffirms the entity’s commitment to dialogue, institutional responsibility, and the strengthening of training clubs in Brazilian football.

The case involving player Pedro Morelli originated from Corinthians’ failure to comply with the conditions established by the MCFFB in relation to Palmeiras, which resulted in the club’s removal from the Movement. After different negotiation attempts between the clubs, without an agreement being reached, the MCFFB Board established the release of the player as a condition for Corinthians’ reinstatement. With the removal of the player’s registration from the BID, the condition was met and the club was able to be reinstated to the Movement.

For MCFFB president Augusto Oliveira, the resolution of the case reinforces the importance of complying with institutional decisions and of dialogue between clubs.

“The MCFFB has always been open to dialogue, but it also needs to preserve its decisions and the commitments undertaken by the clubs that are part of the Movement. In the Pedro Morelli case, a condition was established for Corinthians’ return, and that condition was fulfilled with the player’s release and the removal of his registration from the BID. From that point on, we understood that the conditions for the club’s reinstatement had been met,” said Augusto Oliveira.

Player development is one of the pillars of Brazilian football’s growth. The MCFFB works to defend training clubs and to build initiatives that contribute to improving player development and the growth of young athletes.

With the reinstatement, the Movement reaffirms its commitment to joint work among its members, to strengthening the representation of training clubs, and to building an institutional environment guided by dialogue and respect for collective decisions.

Presidency and Board of DirectorsMovement of Training Clubs of Brazilian Football (MCFFB)

See below the termination published in the BID:

Photo: Reproduction/BID

Remember the case

The relationship between Corinthians and the MCF was broken in January 2025, when the club was excluded from the movement following a complaint filed by Palmeiras involving an alleged attempt to poach Pedro Morelli.

At the time, the player left the Barra Funda club and began playing for Corinthians at the Under-14 level. The complaint was analyzed by the MCF ethics council and ultimately resulted in Timão’s exclusion. The process also featured strong involvement from João Paulo Sampaio, Palmeiras’ youth academy coordinator.

The Movement of Training Clubs establishes rules of conduct for negotiations involving players between the ages of 10 and 14. The rules seek to combat the poaching of players in an age group prior to the existence of a training contract, setting parameters that go beyond the legislation applicable to athletes who do not yet have a federative registration.

Corinthians’ exit from the group had consequences for the club. Without being part of the MCF, Timão no longer had the main Brazilian teams adhering to the movement’s rules regarding its youth categories. Since then, several players from the lower divisions have left Parque São Jorge.

In addition to the difficulty of keeping players, Corinthians was also prevented from participating in some relevant youth competitions, including the Under-15 Copa Votorantim and the Nike Cup for the same age group—organized precisely by teams that are part of the MCF. Since the exclusion, the black-and-white club has been seeking a solution with Palmeiras to regain its place in the movement. The case involving Pedro Morelli has since become one of the main points of discussion in negotiations between the two boards.

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