São Paulo settle old debt with Crespo, avoid risk of FIFA action | OneFootball

Oscar’s termination was not the only issue resolved, and São Paulo also avoided ending up at FIFA in recent days. The Morumbi club paid the R$ 2.7 million it owed coach Hernán Crespo, who was surprisingly dismissed last month, still related to the Argentine manager’s first spell in 2021, when he won the Paulista Championship title.

As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR reported, Crespo’s camp was not at all pleased with the Argentine’s sudden dismissal and threatened to go to FIFA if the club did not settle the debts it owes him.

The amount was paid in full upfront, according to sources from São Paulo’s top brass who spoke to the outlet.

The amounts related to the coach’s latest dismissal, however, are still outstanding. As compensation for the firing, the Argentine and his staff are entitled to around R$ 3.9 million, equivalent to three months of work. The club is seeking an agreement on the best way to pay the amount, but acknowledges the difficulty due to the dissatisfaction over his departure and the tense internal atmosphere between him and the board.

As for the 2021 debt that was paid, as part of Crespo’s return in July last year, then-president Julio Casares convinced the coach to withdraw the case from football’s governing body, where the amount was being claimed. To do so, he promised to pay it in installments, spread out together with his salary until the end of the contract, which was due to expire in December.

But São Paulo paid only one of those installments.

Sources from the club’s football leadership told the outlet that they were bothered by the constant demands from Crespo’s representatives during the period he was at Morumbi between last year and this year, despite conversations with the coach, who is said to have appeared resigned and understanding of the club’s difficult financial situation.

At the press conference introducing Roger Machado as the new head coach, football executive Rui Costa acknowledged that Crespo’s termination penalty was discussed before the decision was made to fire him. “Every departure of a professional generates costs. And we knew that,” he said.

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