Behind the scenes: São Paulo’s new president meets squad at training ground | OneFootball

Sworn in this Friday (16) as the new president of São Paulo after the approval of the impeachment process of Julio Casares, Harry Massis Júnior will have as his first act a meeting with the team at the Barra Funda training center on the morning of this Saturday (17), before the team's last practice for the derby against rival Corinthians on Sunday (18) in Itaquera, for the Paulista Championship.

The new tricolor leader will meet with the players, coach Hernán Crespo, members of the technical staff, employees, and members of the medical staff.

On the agenda, explanations about the club's political moment and conveying calmness.

As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR previously revealed, Massis is expected to internally formalize, so to speak, Márcio Carlomagno as the head of football, although the entry of another director into the department, a trusted name of the new leader, is not ruled out.

The new president will not be able to avoid the topic of money. From the players' side, there will be questions from the leaders about delays in the payment of image rights and other bonuses. As for Crespo, demands for reinforcements.

To political allies on Friday night, Massis made it clear that football is the absolute priority in his management, which will be temporary until the end of the year. When he said in a statement that he wants to do a 'fine-tooth comb' on the situation, he was specifically referring to finances. And how much, after all, the Tricolor is able to invest.

The report found that Rui Costa received a call from the new leader as soon as Casares' impeachment was made official. In addition to scheduling this Saturday's meeting, the football manager received the green light to unlock negotiations that were frozen, such as Alisson's move to Corinthians and Allan's signing from Flamengo. But Massis will get a better understanding of the situations throughout this Saturday.

Massis is not necessarily an unknown figure to the team. On the contrary. Last year, for example, the vice president was the one who accompanied the delegation in many matches of the second semester, when Casares was already under pressure from the fans and at odds with the then football director Carlos Belmonte, who withdrew from the trips.

All three players with whom the report spoke on Friday night to discuss the impeachment had good words about the new president, but confessed that they still did not know him that well, as he rarely appeared at Barra Funda in the last five years.

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