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Palmeiras and Flamengo Unite in Attempt to Implement Financial Fair Play in Brazil

Flamengo and Palmeiras, who pay salaries on time, were eliminated from the Copa do Brasil by Atlético-MG and Corinthians, who continue to accumulate debts. The ‘injustice’ in Brazilian football motivates the Rubro-Negro and the Alviverde to lead the Financial Fair Play movement in the country. This Monday (11), the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) held a meeting on the subject, and Leila Pereira, the leader of the green and white team, took the opportunity to jab at their biggest rival.

— Verbally, everyone agrees (with financial fair play). No one has the courage to say it's right to buy and not pay. I want to see it in practice. They don't implement what they think is right. Palmeiras buys and pays. Palmeiras hires and pays. I think the big solution for clubs is to become SAF — she added, at an event at the CBF headquarters.

WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CBF MEETING ON FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY?

From Serie A, Atlético-MG, Bahia, Botafogo, Ceará, Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Fluminense, Fortaleza, Grêmio, Internacional, Juventude, Mirassol, Palmeiras, Red Bull Bragantino, Santos, São Paulo, Vasco, and Vitória were present at the meeting. Additionally, from Serie B, América-MG, Athletic, Athletico-PR, Avaí, Chapecoense, CRB, Ferroviária, Goiás, Novorizontino, Paysandu, Remo, and Volta Redonda attended. Furthermore, the federations of Alagoas, Amapá, Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Sergipe were also present.

“I am very happy to be taking this initial step, an important step with 78 days of management. This group will define the scenario of Brazilian football in the coming years. What we want is to build a self-sustaining financial ecosystem for football, where we clear debts and have clean football, without financial doping. The only one who wins with this is Brazilian football as a whole,” celebrated Samir Xaud, president of the CBF, in conclusion.

ARE FLAMENGO AND PALMEIRAS TOGETHER?

In summary, since last year, Flamengo, still with then-president Rodolfo Landim, and Palmeiras, led by Leila Pereira, spearheaded movements for the implementation of Financial Fair Play. Moreover, with the arrival of Samir Xaud at the CBF, who treats the topic as a priority, Mengão, now with Luiz Eduardo Baptista, and the São Paulo team are optimistic that 'defaulting' clubs like Corinthians, Atlético-MG, and Internacional will stop hiring while they have debts.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.