Osmar Stabile on Corinthians’ emergency security hire and reshuffle | OneFootball

Corinthians president Osmar Stabile gave an exclusive interview to Central do Timão to comment on the emergency hiring of Mega Assessoria Operacional Ltda, a company mentioned in investigations by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP-SP) after providing security services to the club between September and October 2025 without a formal contract and without authorization from the Federal Police.

During the conversation, the president explained the situation Corinthians faced after the invasion of the fifth floor at Parque São Jorge, recalled the internal security problems during the club’s political transition period, and detailed the administrative changes implemented since then.

Photo: Reproduction / Central do Timão

In addition, Osmar also commented on the work of administrative director Fábio Soares, spoke about the club’s current materials control system, and addressed Corinthians’ financial situation, including payments linked to the Centralized Enforcement Regime (RCE).

Osmar began the interview by explaining how the decision was made to change the club’s security after the incidents recorded at Parque São Jorge in May 2025.

“So, I even made a comment that on May 31 I was here at the club, I think on the 30th, the organized supporters asked to come here to talk to me. On the 31st, at 4 p.m., I received them here and we were talking about what we intended for the future, how we were going to run Corinthians from then on. We heard the anthem playing, shouting and all that, and there was an evacuation here on the Fifth Floor. That moment was very difficult.”

According to the president, the professionals responsible for security at that time were not following the new administration’s orders.

“We had difficulties dealing with the security guards who were here, hired by the former president, and we couldn’t get our orders carried out. They told me they only followed the former president’s orders and that my orders would not be obeyed.”

The president said he decided to act quickly to change the internal situation.

“So we made changes, brought in new people so that, at a certain moment… you saw the difficulty I had there, you followed it. We went through difficulties because people were even talking about organized crime in here. I don’t know whether there was or not, but I was afraid, I was even at risk of losing my life here at that moment.”

Still speaking about that period, Osmar reported problems related to access control inside the social club.

“There came a point when we had as many as 800 people coming into Parque São Jorge without membership cards, without anything. They came in through P3 — when we say P3, that means Gate 3. They came in there and held parties inside. We had to start putting a stop to that and, for that, we needed to bring in new security.”

According to the president, the change helped bring a sense of security to members and employees.

“That brought peace of mind, the members started to feel safer, and so did I. I walked around with four security guards, actually, out of fear, because, just so you understand, they kept calling me here all the time, saying something was going to happen to me. But I stood firm at that moment, and that was the difficulty we went through and the fear we went through as well, because the situation was not easy.”

Commenting on the role of Fernando José da Silva, the current operations manager of CT Dr. Joaquim Grava and the person responsible for the company under investigation, Osmar denied that he had directly requested the creation of Mega Assessoria Operacional Ltda, but confirmed that he had granted temporary authorization for emergency operational work.

“No, not for the company. I issued an authorization here, which I can even read to you, for seven days. It says here: ‘By means of this, in my capacity as president of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, in the exercise of my legal and statutory powers, I grant authority to Fernando José da Silva, CPF listed and so on, operations coordinator, to act on behalf of the institution in all representative operational administrative spheres, to have access to the physical entrances dependent on the gatehouse of Parque São Jorge, Neo Química Arena, Training Center, youth academy and professional team.’ So, this authorization is valid for seven days, which is what I put here.”

Osmar explained that the authorization ended up being extended because of the political period Corinthians was going through.

“Then, because there was that invasion — that was on the 26th — there was the invasion, I renewed it for a longer period so that we could get through the voting period involving the members and also the councilors’ vote.”

The president also said that, after officially taking office, the club made further changes in the security sector.

“After that period passed, I became president. Then we hired people, there were already people in the administrative area, there were already people in the legal area, there were already people to help. They decided to hire another company, and that other company is still with us today.”

According to Osmar, the security reinforcement also took place at the club’s training centers.

“Taking the necessary precautions to prevent the issue of agents invading the youth academy, which used to happen a lot. The academy is calm today, there is no more talk of problems there.”

The president also mentioned changes implemented at the professional team’s training center.

“With the professional team, we had a problem with materials leaving the premises, so we also implemented strict control there. As for the cameras, we filed a police report because they tampered with the monitoring cameras, and we no longer had control. So we needed to improve things there as well.”

Commenting on the work of administrative director Fábio Soares, Osmar said there was an internal reorganization in the club’s asset control.

“So, he has been doing a good job during this period that we have been following. His work is focused on strict control of the materials here at Parque São Jorge.”

The president explained that he decided to split materials control among different sectors of the club. At the moment, according to Osmar, any movement of materials requires formal authorization.

“I changed it, made an adjustment, so that the material controlled today at Parque São Jorge is under the administrative department and, at the professional training center, it is controlled by Marcelo Passi. So I split that up to prevent materials from leaving there without authorization. Any material that leaves today requires written authorization, otherwise it doesn’t leave.””

The president also commented on Corinthians’ financial situation and the payments related to the RCE.

“A lot of people say that the administrative restructuring had ended. It hasn’t ended, because there were several other people working there, it is still ongoing. The financial restructuring already has everything within the planning in order to make the payments.”

The president assured that the club’s financial commitments are being reorganized.

“All the payments left over from the past, we are organizing all of them — actually, they are organized — and we will make them at the appropriate necessary time.”

Osmar also commented on the recent delay in paying the salaries of the men’s professional squad.

“We were specifically three days late in paying the athletes’ salaries. Here at Parque São Jorge it had already been paid on Thursday, and we paid the athletes on Tuesday — before noon everything had already been paid. I hope that from now on we continue this way.”

In the final stretch of the interview, the president reiterated that the emergency hiring took place because of the situation the club was facing at that time.

“There was that need at that moment. We gave Fernando autonomy at that moment to handle it for seven days, that was established for him, and he took the necessary measures together with the administrative department and all the staff there.”

According to Osmar, Corinthians later began following the procedures internally provided for by its bylaws.

“After that there was a need for changes, changes were made that they understood were better for Corinthians, complying with what had been pre-established in the bylaws.”

The president again referred to the atmosphere of insecurity experienced internally.

“The members were staying away from the club because there was no security, the president was under pressure, afraid. I had four security guards with me all day long, because it was dangerous, Corinthians’ situation was no joke at that moment.”

When asked about the lack of Federal Police authorization for the security company mentioned in the investigations to operate, Osmar said he became aware of the situation after the case gained attention.

“So, I became aware of it, I will take action and hold those who need to be held accountable responsible.”

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