SAFIEL founders: How long for Corinthians to build a top side? | OneFootball

On the 6th, Central do Timão spoke with Carlos Teixeira and Eduardo Salusse, two of the creators of SAFIEL, which proposes to pay off Corinthians’ debt and manage the football operations, including its assets, through an investment of up to R$ 2.75 billion in shares acquired by fans and companies. At one point in the interview, they discussed how long the project would take to be able to finance an elite squad for the Alvinegro.

According to Teixeira, a reasonable estimate puts this timeframe at about three years. Salusse added, in a more optimistic tone. “Today we have a team that, in a knockout competition, complete, motivated, with salaries up to date, with bonuses paid on time, we have a good team. We don’t have much of a bench (of substitutes). We don’t have two good teams, like Flamengo or Palmeiras do,” he stated.

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Teixeira then elaborated on his reasoning: “The problem is that today Corinthians pays half the salary of Fagner, of Pedro Raul… signed many players and didn’t pay. So, when we talk about the administrative side, fixing finances, the curve is faster. But when you talk about football, you have transfer windows, youth development takes time, so it’s very complicated to make a quick turnaround on the field. It’s very complicated.”

He continued, stating that as important as strengthening the squad is ensuring that Corinthians has autonomy over its decisions, exemplifying what he means by that. “This means not having to sign a contract with the coach saying you’ll pay R$ 12 million in severance if he’s fired, or not signing a contract renegotiation with Rojas saying that if you’re late on another installment he can leave the next day, under the pretext of default,” he said.

For the businessman, currently the Alvinegro is not “master of its own schedule,” meaning it cannot make management decisions on its own due to all the financial and institutional problems it faces. And that, by solving these issues, the scenario would also start to change on the field. “We’ll be able to choose the best professionals, because we’ll provide a predictable and professional environment for them to develop technical work, and not to be used politically by someone,” he concluded.

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