Brazilian clubs call for CBF at talks to form single league | OneFootball

Leading Brazilian clubs want the CBF involved in plans for a single national league, with formal talks now set. According to Globo.com, Libra and FFU have called a 6 April meeting at the federation’s headquarters.

This week, plans moved quickly towards a National League alongside the CBF and FFU. Two days earlier, the FFU wrote to the CBF urging all stakeholders to sit together and calling joint dialogue the route to that goal.

The CBF has signalled openness. Last August, president Samir Xaud set out plans to share league governance with clubs. Differences remain, with Libra open to CBF seats on any board and the FFU still favouring club control.

In 2025, Libra and the FFU nearly signed a memorandum to unify their associations, but it was never finalised. Libra then split after Flamengo challenged the division of broadcast revenue in court, and Wednesday’s assembly was its first formal meeting since.

After talks at Flamengo’s headquarters, there was optimism and an opening for an accord to end the club’s dispute with Libra. Clubs named Flamengo president Luiz Eduardo Baptista and Bahia CEO Raul Aguirre as leads, with São Paulo’s Harry Massis and Grêmio’s Odorico Roman as deputies.

The line-up balances the two blocs inside Libra and confirms Grêmio will stay after links with an FFU switch. Within Libra there is desire to include the CBF, with support cited from Conmebol. The FFU will create a committee to seek immediate talks with both groups and to prioritise a single league.

Source: Globo.com