Return of the never-gone: Marco Aurélio Cunha eyes São Paulo council | OneFootball

The turbulent political moment at São Paulo is expected to become even more tangled in the coming days.

This is because, as AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR has learned, Marco Aurélio Cunha is expected to officially submit his return to the club’s Deliberative Council at Morumbi in the coming days.

MAC has been on leave from the council since the first half of 2024, when he gave up being the opposition’s nominated candidate to run against Julio Casares for the presidency.

The scenario now, however, has changed considerably, with the current president extremely weakened and losing allies.

The move is, clearly, strictly political, aiming at the race to succeed Casares at the end of next year. Cunha’s name is seen favorably to join a ticket from groups opposed to the current president, not necessarily as the head of the ticket.

Currently a sports commentator on a TV show, MAC has recently received praise even from former adversaries, such as Independente, the club’s main organized supporters’ group, which praised him during a protest as a way to criticize then football director Carlos Belmonte.

And speaking of Belmonte, despite the former director having promised Casares not to speak publicly about his political moves and being asked to remain in the support coalition, he is expected to be one of those who will talk with MAC about forming a ticket.

Marco Aurélio Cunha and Casares have more personal than political disagreements. The former football director never liked the freedom the former marketing director had during his time at CT da Barra Funda. Furthermore, it was Casares who led the attacks on MAC when he left the Juvêncio administration and joined the opposition, with the two even exchanging public attacks on a ‘TV Gazeta’ program.

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