SAFiel meets Corinthians council chief to formalise next phase of project | OneFootball

SAFiel met Corinthians’ Conselho Deliberativo president Romeu Tuma Júnior at Parque São Jorge on Friday. The group said in a statement that the meeting formalised an invite to launch the second version of its project.

The session also showcased institutional advances after structured talks with fans, organised groups, councillors and specialists. It marks a new phase, SAFiel 2.0, with adjustments to the original plan.

The updated proposal is due to be unveiled at the end of March. It includes structural changes compared with the earlier version.

In early January, the group sent a plan to address two issues, the Caixa debt tied to Neo Química Arena financing and the Fifa transfer ban over money owed to Santos Laguna for defender Félix Torres. Romeu Tuma Júnior rejected the offer, and the club later paid, lifting the ban.

The SAF debate remains live at Parque São Jorge, with Corinthians filing an action at the Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) against SAFiel over the use of Fiel.

The Conselho Deliberativo is set to form a technical group to study the Lei da SAF (14.193/2021) and any implications. It will also examine tax reform in Congress, update the debt picture and consider ways to cut it.

The proposal is framed as open and collective, supported by technical material on economic, legal and political pillars, plus a principles document shaped with the Fiel. It seeks structural change without breaking the club’s popular identity, targeting professionalisation, financial reorganisation, debt equalisation and a solution for the Neo Química Arena liability. It proposes a new corporate set-up that keeps the social club autonomous while moving men’s, women’s and youth football into a company run to market standards with independent oversight and audits.

Source: Meu Timao