Cuiabá president mocks likely Memphis Depay extension at Corinthians | OneFootball

Cuiabá president Cristiano Dresch gave an interview to ESPN Brasil and mocked the likely renewal of forward Memphis Depay with Corinthians given the club’s financial problems at Parque São Jorge. The Mato Grosso team is Alvinegro’s main creditor at the National Chamber for Dispute Resolution (CNRD), a CBF body that seeks to resolve conflicts between clubs, agents, and players.

“They (Corinthians) keep living as if they didn’t owe money and weren’t failing to pay,” he said. It is worth remembering that Alvinegro, in addition to the two active transfer bans from FIFA, also has the same punishment from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) over the delay in the fifth installment, estimated at R$ 8 million, of the agreement approved by the CNRD.

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The Cuiabá executive added that, together with other Corinthians creditors, he will pressure the CNRD to keep the transfer ban on Timão even if the overdue installment is paid: “The CNRD talks about at least six months without being able to sign players. The transfer ban was imposed on July 17. I hope the CNRD follows through on what it itself wrote, because otherwise it will be clear that there is no punishment for those who do not honor their commitments. There is only punishment for those who do honor them.”

Corinthians received the new punishment from the CBF on July 18. Seeking to change the situation, Timão submitted an offer to the CNRD to pay the fifth installment by August 31 and bring forward payment of the sixth to October 17, using the argument that it was demonstrating “good faith.” However, the request was rejected and, as a result, Alvinegro remains barred from registering new signings. The transfer window in Brazilian football opened on July 20 and closes on September 11.

Approved in April 2025, the agreement is made up of Timão’s debts to players, agents, and other football clubs. The total debt with the CBF body is R$ 76 million, with payments scheduled in semiannual installments, with most of the amount going to Cuiabá, the club’s main creditor in this agreement — R$ 18 million for the non-payment of the purchase of defensive midfielder Raniele in January 2024. So far, Corinthians has already paid R$ 28 million — four installments paid.

In addition to the CBF punishment, Corinthians also has two other transfer bans from FIFA, related to the non-payment in full for the signings of defensive midfielders José Martínez and Charles from Philadelphia Union of the United States and Midtjylland of Denmark in mid-2024. Together, the three restrictions total nearly R$ 22 million.

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