Cris Gambaré laments Corinthians’ late payments and urges respect for women’s football | OneFootball

Corinthians’ women’s side face renewed scrutiny over delayed image-rights pay, with Cris Gambaré expressing regret at the situation and its fallout.

"It hurts," she said. "Why are we back on the bad-news pages, and why always the women?" She added that the sport needs a change in how it is viewed, speaking on ESPN’s Bola da Vez.

July’s image-rights instalment, due on 15 August, was not paid. President Osmar Stabile then signed a pledge to settle it by last week, which was missed. A new internal aim is payment by Tuesday 15, before the Brasileirão Feminino semi-final first leg at 21:30 against Bahia at Arena Fonte Nova, with the return on 21 at Neo Química Arena.

In August, part of the squad went to Parque São Jorge to confront Stabile about the arrears. He signed a document promising to pay within 10 days.

Gambaré said the players "have their reasons" and "I might have handled some issues differently". She noted that clubs are in debt, "not only Corinthians", and argued winning projects should be protected.

She ran Corinthians’ women’s department from 2016 to 2024, first alongside Osasco Audax, before the club took sole control in 2018.

Now with Iris Sesso leading, Gambaré considered intervening but chose not to out of respect for her CBF role. "When the phone rings I think, do I call or not? I need to respect this position," she said. "We have been through similar or worse and come out unscathed."

Source: Meu Timao

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