100,000 São Paulo fans join campaign against Casares’s ego online | OneFootball

A campaign among São Paulo fans on social media has been gaining momentum in the last days of the year. The supporters are urging everyone to unfollow President Julio Casares on Instagram. And it's working.

Since the movement began this week, when Casares had approximately 755,000 followers on the platform, over 100,000 São Paulo fans have joined the campaign against the criticized president. By 6 PM (Brasília time) this Saturday, the number of followers had already dropped to 647,000.

Almost 15% of the president's page followers have joined the campaign dubbed by regular fans as “FORA CASARES”.

The reasons are numerous. The club is involved in scandals investigated by the Public Prosecutor's Office and Civil Police, with suspicions of illegal ticket sales, embezzlement of player funds, illegal purchase of slimming products by the medical department, among others.

The club is drowning in nearly R$ 1 billion in debt, which promises to be reduced in the next balance sheet. But don't get your hopes up, it is not expected to drop below R$ 900 million in total debts. Loans and more loans with payments stretching into the future are made, modest signings, weak market performance, and sales of promising young players at rock-bottom prices continue to be the norm for Tricolor in 2026.

And the movement targets one of the president's weak points, his ego on social media. Nicknamed 'blogger' and 'peacock' by the fans, Julio Casares always appears in good times, with big news, and disappears in tough times. An excellent publicist, a terrible manager.

How is the impeachment process going?

The president of the club's Deliberative Council, Olten Ayres de Abreu Júnior responded to the request filed by council members for the impeachment of the leader and called an extraordinary meeting.

On the occasion, opposition members to the current management managed to gather 57 signatures, enough for the impeachment agenda to be put to a vote in the club. And 13 of them were from members of the Tricolor's situation.

Now, as confirmed by AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR, Olten Ayres has called a meeting in the Advisory Council to discuss the impeachment of Julio Casares. The body is composed of former São Paulo presidents and members of the Deliberative Council.

The meeting, which will not have any type of vote on Casares' removal, is scheduled for January 12, 2026. In it, the impeachment topic will be discussed among the club's 'high command', and whether the topic is taken forward.

This process is provided for in article 79 of the São Paulo Statute and is necessary for the removal of any president. After this meeting, the Deliberative Council is indeed required to meet for a vote on the impeachment. And finally, the removal of Julio Casares will be finalized if two-thirds of the councilors approve, that is, 170 of the current 256 of Tricolor.

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