Court clears Corinthians midfielder to obtain Italian citizenship | OneFootball

According to information initially reported by ESPN Brasil, the Italian courts have officially issued a ruling that allows Corinthians midfielder Breno Bidon to obtain Italian citizenship. The process had been started by the youngster three years ago and has only now become final, meaning the decision can no longer be challenged through possible appeals. As a result, if he moves to Europe in this transfer window, he can already be considered a signing with a European (EU) passport, meaning he would not count as a foreign player.

The youngster has been one of Corinthians’ key players since being promoted to the club’s first team at the start of 2024, following the team’s Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior title that year, in which he was named the tournament’s best player. According to the ESPN report, Italy’s Atalanta did make an inquiry about the player in July. The outlet also reports that the club from Parque São Jorge values the player at more than 30 million euros (R$ 175.5 million at the current exchange rate), but is aware that it will hardly be able to sell the No. 27 for that amount.

Photo: Victor Lannes/Agência Corinthians

In addition to being monitored by Italian football, Breno Bidon is also attracting interest from English football. Pages linked to Arsenal have listed the London club as one of the sides interested in the midfielder developed in Corinthians’ academy. The mid-year transfer window for moves abroad runs from mid-July to early September.

Since his debut for the senior team in March 2024, Breno Bidon has played 132 matches (105 as a starter), recording 56 wins, 37 draws and 39 losses — a 51.8% success rate — while scoring five goals and providing three assists. He was an important piece in the team’s surge in the previous Brazilian Championship edition (from the relegation zone to the Libertadores qualifying stage), and he was also a starter in the title-winning campaigns of the Paulista Championship (2025), the Copa do Brasil (2025) and the Supercopa (2026), against Palmeiras, Vasco da Gama and Flamengo, respectively.

For Timão’s Under-17 and Under-20 teams, he scored 14 goals in 118 matches, with 77 wins, 21 draws and 20 losses. His main youth titles with Corinthians were the Under-17 Paulista Championship in 2021, against Palmeiras at Allianz Parque, and the 2024 Copa São Paulo, against Cruzeiro. His release clauses at Corinthians are: R$ 370 million (domestic market) and 100 million euros (nearly R$ 600 million — international football).

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