Vasco weigh SAF auction and Boca home-leg venue during international break reset | OneFootball

The international break gives Vasco a timely reset. Training resumes on Thursday, with the next outing on 7 October, the 28th-round derby at Botafogo.

According to Globo.com, a court-run auction to sell 90% of the new Vasco SAF is set for Friday at 14:00 Brasília time.

Bids will be filed under seal, and only Marcos Lamacchia, via Almirante Participações e Empreendimentos S.A., has lodged a formal offer so far.

His stalking-horse proposal commits R$ 500 million exclusively to football, plus guarantees linked to judicial recovery, valuing the operation at around R$ 3 billion.

If no higher bid advances, his offer would prevail and the court would award the productive unit. The sale would still need sign-off from the Conselho Deliberativo and Assembleia Geral.

For the Copa Sul-Americana semi-final with Boca Juniors on 20 October, São Januário is barred by Conmebol’s 30,000-capacity rule, and Vasco have formally requested the Maracanã.

Recent friction with the Fla-Flu consortium complicates matters, and the club do not rule out going to court if refused. Nilton Santos is the fallback.

Against Palmeiras in the Copa do Brasil, the 8 November second leg is leaning towards São Januário, with no capacity restriction from the semi-finals onwards.

Pedro Emanuel finally has time to refine the side. He has overseen 19 games, with only four defeats and a 57.9% return, winning six of the last eight.

Gabriel Pereira and Paulinho are yet to debut, while Lescano’s first start came in the 5-0 win over Coritiba in the last round.

Source: Globo.com

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