Eyeing Vasco? Leila Pereira blasts Palmeiras model, backs SAF | OneFootball

Leila Pereira Thinks the Future Is SAF

You are the president of a member-owned club, “make your name” through that team, and then slam the very model itself? That’s Leila Pereira, Palmeiras’ president. The executive gave an interview praising Football Corporations (SAF) and, at the same time, spoke against the very system used by the São Paulo club. Could it be that the businesswoman intends to invest in Vasco da Gama?

— Anything that helps influence clubs and make them turn into companies, I support. “Oh, but associations will pay more.” Then let them pay more. Don’t want to pay more? Become an SAF. You don’t have to sell the club. Become an SAF and 100% of the shares can belong to the association —, said Leila Pereira.

— If in the future it wants to sell a small stake, the club will already have become a company. So, I think any movement that encourages clubs to become SAFs is productive. That is the future —, added the president in an interview with CazéTV.

IS VASCO SAF COMING?

Leila Pereira’s statement draws attention to a possible interest in taking control of Vasco da Gama. After all, recently, Crefisa bank, which belongs to the Palmeiras executive, loaned R$ 80 million to the Rio club. In addition, a relative of the executive expressed a desire to buy the club from São Januário.

Marcos Faria Lamacchia, the son of Leila Pereira’s husband, moved forward with the purchase of Vasco for R$ 2 billion. In recent interviews, Flamengo president Luiz Eduardo Baptista (Bap) raised concerns about the conflict of interest the situation would create if it goes through.

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