Corinthians probe secret Filho do Terrão sale to Zenit | OneFootball

Corinthians and its supervisory bodies were not aware of the details of the sale of 30% of the economic rights of the attacking midfielder Pedro, revealed in the club's youth academy, to Zenit, from Russia. The information was disclosed by ge.globo last Sunday morning.

According to the investigation by Central do Timão, Corinthians is expected to start an investigation process to understand the details of the "confidential" negotiation. In negotiations of at least 10 million euros, it is necessary for the Deliberative Council (CD) and the Guidance Council (COR) to positively signal for the negotiations to advance.

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The negotiation took place during the term of former president Augusto Melo – August 2024, whose removal was confirmed by Corinthians members on the last August 9th. In a statement, Melo said he used part of the amount to pay part of the debt the club had with Elenko Sports, owned by Fernando García, who is responsible for managing the young athlete's career.

The Corinthians football department, led by executive Fabinho Soldado, was not aware of the negotiation in question. Currently, the legal department of the club at Parque São Jorge is reviewing contracts signed by Augusto Melo during his administration, aiming to investigate whether there were any other similar negotiations.

According to ge.globo, Corinthians transferred the remaining 30% of the "Son of Terrão" to the Russian club for 4.5 million euros, divided into three installments: 3 million euros as an upfront payment, 1.1 million euros by October 2024, and 400 thousand euros by December 20, 2024.

The athlete was sold to Zenit in mid-2023 – he transferred in 2024 after turning 18 – and Corinthians was optimistic, aiming to ease cash flow and pay the transfer ban – expecting to receive a little over R$ 70 million in a possible move of the athlete to Al-Ittihad, from Saudi Arabia. However, Alvinegro will not be entitled to this amount – which corresponds to 30% of the total negotiation, as they sold what they still had to the Russian team.

Therefore, if he is sold to the Arab world, Corinthians will only be entitled to 2.5% of the value of the eventual transfer, which refers to FIFA's Solidarity Mechanism, since Alvinegro is the player's training club, where he played between the ages of 12 and 18. This amount corresponds to only 5.5 million.

Robert Renan

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Just as he did with the attacking midfielder Pedro, former president Augusto Melo also transferred 20% of the economic rights of defender Robert Renan, now at Vasco da Gama, to Zenit for 1.8 million euros in two installments – 1.1 million euros by November 20, 2024, and 700 thousand euros by December 20, 2024.

The young defender was one of the five athletes involved in negotiations with the Russian team for the permanent arrival of striker Yuri Alberto to Parque São Jorge in January 2023.

There was also a third negotiation between Corinthians and Zenit, related to pending issues involving midfielder Du Queiroz and goalkeeper Ivan, but with considerably lower figures. Alvinegro had a debt of 9.24 thousand euros with Zenit regarding the transfer of goalkeeper Ivan to Internacional, as the Russians retained 10% of the goalkeeper's economic rights.

However, Zenit owed Corinthians 4.78 thousand euros for the transfer of midfielder Du Queiroz to Grêmio, as the club at Parque São Jorge retained 10% of the midfielder's rights. Thus, an agreement was reached in which Alvinegro would pay 4.45 thousand euros to the team from Saint Petersburg.

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