Bombshell: São Paulo may follow Grêmio and quit Libra | OneFootball

A topic has been dominating internal debate at São Paulo throughout the week and may soon be decided by president Harry Massis Júnior: the club’s departure from Libra.

According to AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR, the number of the president’s allies in favor of the Tricolor joining Forte Futebol União has increased considerably.

Two factors contribute to this. Politically, the assessment is that leaving Libra is a natural step after Julio Casares’ resignation.

The former president was the one who was truly close to the group of clubs and even held board positions within the association. His name, in fact, was mentioned more than once as a possible candidate for CEO after the club’s departure from Morumbi.

But what really motivates São Paulo is money. The club was extremely frustrated with the lack of progress on Banco Daycoval’s proposal to advance TV rights payments.

The bank withdrew its offer to buy 5% of the clubs’ rights for 15 years, claiming it had miscalculated. But behind the scenes, there was reportedly a major disagreement among Libra’s members over the matter. The lack of unity alarmed the executives.

At Tricolor, Massis saw the injection of R$120 million into the coffers as essential to address the “cursed inheritance” left by Casares, especially regarding the payment of overdue salaries.

The new Tricolor president was bothered by the lack of more plausible explanations from Libra or a greater insistence on Daycoval.

“Basically, the people from Libra only reach out to us to pay legal fees,” said a Morumbi source.

FFU’s proposal for São Paulo is to sell 10% of its TV rights for 50 years. It’s the same offer made to Grêmio, another club that also expected the deal with Daycoval and, equally irritated by the lack of progress, has already officially left Libra. Atlético-MG and Vitória took the same path at the start of the year.

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