Fatal Model partner on Corinthians talks, São Paulo reject offer | OneFootball

It's not new that Fatal Model, an escort advertisement site, is willing to help Corinthians financially through a sponsorship contract. The company has already made public offers to the club and even negotiated an agreement in 2024, during Augusto Melo's management.

According to Samuel Ongaratto, partner and business director of Fatal Model, there was a meeting at Parque São Jorge last year for the site to display its brand on Timão's uniform, on the shorts or socks. The offer, according to him, was “about ten times higher” than market values. Corinthians, however, did not even respond.

“We started our relationship in 2022, with Corinthians' LEDs. In 2024, through Brax, we were present at Corinthians through the LEDs. I went to Parque São Jorge to talk with Corinthians' CEO, Fred Luz, and two other directors, Sandro [Romanelli, then commercial superintendent] and Vini [Vinicius Manfredi, marketing superintendent]. I asked if there was a possibility to enter as a sponsor on the uniform, but they only offered us the socks and shorts. The prices for the socks or shorts were practically ten times more than the market value. The value, which is usually R$ 2 million and R$ 4 million, was asked for R$ 40 million. We accepted, formalized it by email, for a two-year contract on the shorts or socks. We had no response, neither yes nor no,” Samuel said in an exclusive interview with journalist Tiago Salazar.

“If we just wanted to promote ourselves, why didn't we disclose this at the time? We were asked for confidentiality, and we kept it. We negotiated with several clubs, and none of them leaked. Corinthians calls itself the Team of the People, of diversity, and then we constantly see in the media these financial difficulties, transfer bans... In the absence of a response, we thought about making public offers. If the main fear was the repercussion, we made the public offer because it absolves Corinthians from communicating that it is negotiating with Fatal. If Fatal is rejected by the fans, we stay in our place,” he added.

Samuel doesn't know the reasons that led Corinthians to ignore the offer, but he admits that the main one could be prejudice against the market in which Fatal Model operates.

“We made several proposals to Corinthians, all were genuine. We never had the opportunity to be taken seriously at the club, and we have this indignation. It happens that people look with prejudice because we work in the escort market. We accept this mission to break prejudice with motivation. We knew we would suffer in this way,” said the partner.

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Why Corinthians?

When asked, Samuel reiterates that Fatal Model is willing to sponsor Corinthians, whether with a space on the shirt or even in naming rights.

Recently, the site even offered to help the club pay a debt with Memphis Depay, but the possibility was dismissed by the board, which later settled the debt. Additionally, previously, Fatal offered to help Timão hire the French star Paul Pogba and donated R$ 200,000 in the 'crowdfunding' organized by Gaviões da Fiel to pay off the Neo Química Arena.

“We are more willing than ever. What we want most is to sponsor Corinthians. In 2024, we offered more than ten times what Corinthians' shorts are worth because we didn't know what the fans' reaction would be. Today I understand that we wouldn't offer the same value for the same property because we know what the reception is. We wanted the opportunity to talk with the club, discuss a fair value. Obviously, there are delicacies, we are willing to pay a higher value because of this, but we understand that a path has already been traveled. We want to be with the club and close some type of sponsorship,” stated the partner.

“We are at the club's disposal. Today, I understand that a master sponsorship does not fit into Fatal Model's revenue, I already rule that out. It's not a matter of wanting, it's of being able. Is there a possibility of naming rights at Corinthians? Yes. Because we will discuss a value that will be paid over years, not months. A shoulder, a sleeve, back bar, we have the means,” he added.

In Samuel's understanding, Corinthians shares the same values as Fatal Model, precisely because it calls itself “the people's club” and promotes diversity. He also sees a high acceptance rate among the black-and-white fans.

“We are available for any team, but our main goal is Corinthians. Among the big ones, it was one of the first we had the opportunity to reach. We had the opportunity to see a game at the Arena, the strength of Corinthians' fans. It is a people's club, which shares the same values that our company has. Corinthians can say no or give us the cold shoulder, but we will insist,” he assured.

“We receive this with a lot of responsibility, affection. This drives us to want to be close to Corinthians. Several surveys were conducted to understand the fans' perception of our company. The surveys had results of almost 80% approval. This gives us fuel to continue working to be with the club,” he completed.

Talks with São Paulo

Despite the ‘obsession’ with Corinthians, Samuel Ongaratto revealed that Fatal Model had talks with São Paulo. The site made a proposal to stamp the back bar of the tricolor uniform, but at the time the club from Morumbi chose not to proceed.

“We negotiated the back bar with São Paulo. The market value was R$ 6 million, we offered R$ 14 million. It ended up not closing, São Paulo withdrew from the negotiation. We got the response,” he revealed.

What is Fatal Model?

Samuel Ongaratto explained what Fatal Model is. According to him, the site does not mediate any type of interaction between escorts and clients, like Uber, for example. The application only provides the advertising service.

“Fatal Model is not a company, it is a product of Atlas Technologies, which is a company from Rio Grande do Sul. Fatal Model is the flagship of the company. Several times it comes out in the media that Fatal Model is a luxury escort agency. It has nothing to do with that. Fatal is a classifieds, which is exactly what newspapers did and still do. In the classifieds, there were cars for sale, houses for rent, and escorts advertising. Fatal Model is exactly that, but with technological devices that ensure safety for those who hire and are hired,” Samuel explained.

“Fatal does not mediate the buying and selling of sexual services. Fatal does not monetize in this way. The monetization works as follows: the escort enters the platform and registers for free, but if they want to have a highlight in the ad, they make a payment to the platform. This is one of the ways Fatal monetizes. We also monetize with ads. We have grown a lot, we have 35 million monthly accesses, 23 million users per month,” he pointed out.

Chat with Stabile

Samuel still does not give up on doing business with Corinthians. He revealed that he had a brief conversation with the current president of the club, Osmar Stabile, and made himself available to the leader for possible future talks.

“A few weeks ago, I received contact from the president through a friend. I talked to him via WhatsApp, made myself available. I await an invitation from him if he has this availability,” he concluded.

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