Does Vasco SAF sale still stand if relegated? Lamacchia lawyer replies

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·21 Juli 2026

Does Vasco SAF sale still stand if relegated? Lamacchia lawyer replies

The team’s crisis on the pitch and the risk of relegation in the Brazilian Championship will not derail the sale of Vasco SAF. In an interview with ge, lawyer André Sica, who represents businessman Marcos Lamacchia, explained the contract rules and guaranteed that the deal does not depend on the club staying in the top division.

The investor’s plan was designed for the long term. The court proceedings are moving at a normal pace, and the signed contracts provide full security for the process to continue, even with the team fighting near the bottom of the standings.

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Staying clause and payment of bills at Vasco

The certainty that the deal will go ahead was explained by the lawyer as he dismissed fans’ fears about possible withdrawal clauses. The specialist made it clear that the contract requires the buyer to take over cash flow and pay the bills from the current transfer window as soon as the sale is finalized in court.

The investor’s representative detailed the agreement and said the project is protected against football results:

“I think the first objective question is whether, if Vasco go down, the agreement still stands. And yes, because the value of the agreement was not conditioned on Vasco staying up. But Vasco are not going down under any circumstances, and the operation will happen. So we worked with these two scenarios very clearly. Obviously, we have no way of helping the transfer window be done with more money precisely because the operation was not completed earlier. But, obviously, once it is completed and carried forward, the investor will take responsibility for the cash flow and any expenses from this window. So, one way or another, if the operation is finalized, the bill will be paid.”

André Sica is Marcos Lamacchia’s representative in the Vasco SAF purchase operation – Photo: Reprodução

A complete difference compared to the 777 Partners model

The stance of the new investor shows a radical change compared to the management of 777 Partners. The lawyer highlighted that Marcos Lamacchia has plenty of money to invest in Vasco football and knows the sport in Brazil very well, which removes the risk of defaults and delayed wages.

The lawyer made a direct comparison between the two owner profiles to reassure supporters:

“This investor’s profile is so different from 777 that it is hard even to begin saying how different he is. First, he has far greater and unlimited resources. In other words, he has an abundance of resources, not a shortage. Second, he is a well-known local investor, a known person who knows where he is and also understands the magnitude of football. He is not someone with a strictly economic goal. He sees in this the whole universe of football and everything the sport can generate. So he has no desire to divest. He wants to invest; he does not want to take out, he wants to put in. In all these respects, I think we are talking about water and oil here. It is very different.”