Cori calls Fabinho, may involve ex-director over Corinthians spending | OneFootball

The Advisory Council (Cori) of Corinthians summoned the club’s football executive, Fabinho Soldado, to provide clarifications regarding high expenses in the Football Department. The body compared the expenditures with the 2025 budget forecast, which was initially presented by the Augusto Melo administration and later revised by the board of Osmar Stabile and approved last Monday by the Deliberative Council.

According to information obtained by Gazeta Esportiva, Cori found that, in the first half of this year, the cost with “personnel” (players’ and staff salaries, image rights, labor charges, among others) was approximately R$ 50 million above the initial budget. This, in fact, was one of the reasons that led the current board to redo the planning.

Of this amount, about R$ 40 million is linked to football-related expenses. Therefore, Cori deemed it appropriate to summon Fabinho Soldado for a meeting to hear explanations about the expenditures made.

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According to information obtained by the report, the executive is expected to argue that all signings or contract renewals made during this period were approved by the presidency and the financial director, who at the time was Pedro Silveira. Therefore, Cori has also decided to request explanations from Silveira at the same meeting, scheduled for the upcoming 27th.

Osmar Stabile, at first, believes that matters such as this should be dealt with directly with him, without involving Fabinho in meetings of internal bodies. However, as the report found, Cori has not yet received an official response from the club’s board and awaits clarifications from the football executive.

Approved Budget Revision

The new budget was approved by acclamation at the extraordinary meeting of the Deliberative Council, held at Parque São Jorge, the club’s social headquarters.

The revision of Corinthians’ budget for 2025 now foresees a deficit of R$ 83 million by the end of the year. The previous board, led by the ousted president Augusto Melo, had projected a surplus of R$ 34 million for the period.

The difference between the amount budgeted at the end of 2024 and the amount revised in October this year is, therefore, almost R$ 120 million.

The Corinthians Deliberative Council has 299 councilors between lifetime and triennial members. However, only 136 of them were present at the meeting and voted in favor of the new budget. Although no councilor voted against the revision, 26 councilors registered their intention to send the new budget for reanalysis.

Before being approved by the Deliberative Council, the new budget for 2025 also passed through the scrutiny of the Fiscal Council and the Advisory Council (Cori) of Corinthians.

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