São Paulo agree to pay Nikão millions over 3 years to settle debt | OneFootball

São Paulo continues trying to balance its finances and is finding ways to settle its debts. Now, it has reached a consensus with its former midfielder Nikão for the payment of debts related to image rights between August 2022 and 2023 to the player.

The new agreement ends a lawsuit by Nikão that demanded R$ 8.8 million from the Tricolor, which will pay the amount in installments, with the settlement concluding only in November 2028.

Of the total, R$ 7.9 million will go directly to the athlete, in 36 installments, with the other R$ 900 thousand going to Nikão's lawyers, paid in six installments, as initially reported by the portal UOL.

After shining for Athletico-PR, Nikão arrived with much fanfare at São Paulo, purchased for R$ 10 million in 2022, and was immediately given the Tricolor's number 10 jersey.

He played 32 games in his initial season for the Tricolor, with four goals and four assists, but without much prominence and some injury problems. Without impressing, he was loaned to Cruzeiro in 2023 and returned to São Paulo at the beginning of the following year.

There were six more matches with one assist recorded, in addition to winning the Supercopa do Brasil title, but another loan followed shortly after, this time to return to Athletico. He stayed until the end of 2025, when his contract with São Paulo finally ended, but still with financial issues pending.

Now 33 years old, Nikão plays for Guangdong GZ-Power in China, where he played 31 games this year, with nine goals and seven assists.

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