The reckoning! After ‘secret deals’, Dedé faces São Paulo expulsion | OneFootball

The bill has finally come due for Antônio Donizete Gonçalves, known as Dedé, a lifetime council member and former social director of São Paulo. After reports emerged that the executive had made some verbal agreements with companies that were partners of Tricolor without the club’s knowledge, council members filed a request for his expulsion at the beginning of this week.

The group formally submitted a petition to São Paulo’s Ethics Committee seeking Dedé’s expulsion, pointing to alleged irregularities in the management of the social department under his command, as well as conduct considered harmful to the club.

Dedé’s name was directly linked to two companies that were partners of Tricolor, but are now fighting in court after messy breakups: FGoal and Milclean.

The former was responsible for supplying food and beverages throughout Morumbi Stadium, while Milclean provided cleaning staff for the club.

São Paulo sought to terminate its contract with FGoal for cause after identifying financial transactions deemed suspicious on the Zig Pay platform, the system that centralizes payments at the stadium and social club.

According to São Paulo, there was activity without contractual backing or the knowledge of the responsible departments. FGoal disputed this, claiming the amounts were tied to technology and oversight services, and that it always acted with Dedé’s verbal authorization.

São Paulo council members alleged in the expulsion request that Dedé allowed the company to operate without the necessary legal formalization and without submitting the matter to the club’s competent bodies, amounting to a serious management failure.

The request also alleges that the former director helped FGOAL in its legal dispute against São Paulo, as he reportedly made a statement at the company’s request confirming that he had verbally authorized the financial transactions in Tricolor’s account, and that the financial department was aware of the agreement made by Dedé.

With Milclean, the situation was similar. The company was also sued by São Paulo, which is seeking termination of the contract for cause as well as a R$ 1 million fine, alleging that the former partner acted in bad faith, breached the agreement, and caused millions in financial losses to the club.

This Tuesday (24), Milclean defended itself through an official statement, saying that the contractual adjustments had been properly documented and approved by lifetime council member Antônio Donizete Gonçalves, Dedé.

“From the beginning of the contract, there was a renegotiation between the parties, approved by Mr. Antônio Donizete Gonçalves, who was acting director at the time. New technologies were implemented and substantial investments were made in equipment as compensation for the labor difference.

The adjustments were properly documented and approved by him, and at the time he confirmed that SPFC would not have the financial means to assume additional costs. Even so, in order to ensure the contract was carried out with excellence, we made the necessary implementations, which remained in operation until the last day of our service provision,” says an excerpt from the statement issued by the company.

SO WHAT HAPPENS TO DEDÉ?

Dedé’s situation is far from calm. He is also the target of an investigation by the Federal Police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which are looking into possible irregularities related to his management and contracts signed while he was an employee of São Paulo.

Tricolor council members requested that proceedings be opened to establish the facts and that there be a detailed investigation into the financial transactions linked to FGOAL, especially in the Zigpay system, as well as clarification بشأن the absence of a formal contract governing its activities.

If the irregularities are confirmed after review by São Paulo’s Ethics Council, Dedé may finally be expelled from the membership rolls and from the club for good.

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