Corinthians settle overdue wages for men’s squad and Diniz staff | OneFootball

Corinthians paid the overdue salaries of the men’s professional squad and the coaching staff led by Fernando Diniz on Tuesday (12). The wages were for the month of April and should have been paid by last Thursday, within the deadline of the fifth business day.

According to information initially reported by Meu Timão, the funds had already entered the club’s accounts on Monday, allowing the board to make the payments throughout Tuesday.

Photos: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians

The delay affected only the players and members of the coaching staff of the men’s professional team. The club’s other employees were paid normally within the expected deadline. Internally, Corinthians usually works with payments being made between the 5th and 10th of each month.

Behind the scenes, the board faced financial difficulties in recent days due to commitments related to the Centralized Enforcement Regime (RCE), in addition to pending issues involving the National Chamber for Dispute Resolution (CNRD) and the National Treasury.

Previously, president Osmar Stabile commented on the occasional delays faced by the club throughout the season.

“Every month, every month, we have financial difficulties. Everyone knows the difficulties we’ve been going through. All pending issues are isolated, temporary, lasting one, two, three days. This happened throughout all of last year, and now they decided to put it in the press. But there’s no problem at all.”

“We live with this, it’s a reality, it’s not a lie. Monday, Tuesday at the latest, but on Monday, everything is resolved,” the president said.

Corinthians’ financial situation remains delicate. The club’s gross debt currently stands at around R$ 2.7 billion. In addition, the financial statement released in March showed an accumulated deficit of R$ 131.1 million, a figure higher than projected in the budget for the period.

Even amid the financial difficulties, the squad led by Fernando Diniz continues its run of fixtures this season. The next challenge takes place this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) at Neo Química Arena against Barra, in the second leg of the fifth round of the Copa do Brasil. In the first leg, Timão won 1-0.

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