Corinthians' Copa do Brasil prize frozen amid debt crisis | OneFootball

Businessman André Cury won a victory against Corinthians in court

The fan of Corinthians may be celebrating the titles of the Copa do Brasil and the Supercopa. However, the future of the São Paulo team is far from promising. With billion-real debts, the club also saw the amount of R$ 20 million that was supposed to enter its coffers get blocked.

This money comes from TV revenues, payments from the São Paulo Football Federation, and the prize money from the Copa do Brasil won by Corinthians last year. The freeze was requested by businessman André Cury, who won the case in court.

Corinthians and Cury are disputing R$ 22 million in court, due to debts the club owes the businessman. After the freeze, there was a ruling that the money be sent to the Centralized Execution Regime established for the São Paulo team.

WHERE DOES CORINTHIANS' MONEY GO?

With irresponsible management and ‘strange’ contracts, Corinthians cannot get its finances in order. With the Supercopa title, for example, the club earned R$ 11 million, but 40% of that amount goes to Memphis Depay, by order of the agreement signed between the parties. Besides the payments to other players and taxes, the São Paulo club will be left with almost nothing from the money earned on Sunday (01).

WHAT IS CORINTHIANS' DEBT, AFTER ALL?

Just in 2025, Corinthians had a loss of R$ 247.8 million. Adding up the amounts from previous years, the club currently has an incredible deficit of R$ 2.8 billion, one of the largest in Brazil. For curiosity’s sake, the São Paulo team gave up signing Alisson, from São Paulo FC, because they didn’t have R$ 1 million in the bank.

AND WHAT ABOUT FLAMENGO?

In short, with financial responsibility, taking a completely opposite path from Corinthians, Flamengo is enjoying a great moment financially. That’s why the club was able to invest R$ 260 million to sign Lucas Paquetá, who will make his return at Maracanã this Wednesday (04), against Internacional, starting at 7 p.m. (Brasília time), for the Brasileirão.

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