Corinthians take action against Bahia at CNRD over Kauê Furquim case | OneFootball

Kauê Furquim has already been announced and even registered by the Bahia, but the controversy surrounding the transfer of the boy has gained new chapters. On Tuesday, Corinthians filed a lawsuit against the Bahian club with the National Dispute Resolution Chamber (CNRD).

The Gazeta Esportiva report had access to the lawsuit filed by Corinthians. In the document, the Parque São Jorge club again accused Bahia of poaching and requested that the CNRD, the supervisory body of the CBF, take "condemnatory" and "sanctioning" measures.

In the letter, Corinthians listed a series of reasons that led the club to appeal to the CNRD in the transfer of Kauê Furquim to Bahia. The body is usually called upon to resolve disagreements between Brazilian football teams, acting in accordance with the statutes of the CBF and FIFA.

Timão cited, for example, the emptying of Corinthians' right of preference, provided for in paragraph 8 of article 29 of the Pelé Law (Law 9.615/98), and also in paragraph 8 of article 99 of the General Sports Law (Law 14.597/23) due to Bahia's fault. See below what the excerpt from the Pelé Law article says:

"Art. 29 – The sports practice entity that formed the athlete will have the right to sign with him, from the age of 16, the first special sports work contract, whose term cannot exceed 5 years.

§ 8º – To ensure its right of preference, the sports practice entity that formed and holds the first special sports work contract must present, up to 45 days before the end of the current contract, a proposal to the athlete, whose content must be notified to the corresponding regional sports administration entity, indicating the new contractual conditions and the salaries offered, and the athlete must present a response to the sports practice entity that formed him, whose content must be notified to the aforementioned administration entity, within 15 days counted from the date of receipt of the proposal, under penalty of tacit acceptance".

(Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians)

The club also explicitly stated the non-compliance with the National Regulation of Registration and Transfer of Football Athletes (RNRTAF) and FIFA regulations by Bahia, especially in article 25 of the RNRTAF and in paragraphs 4 and 5 of article 17 of the Regulation on the Status and Transfers of Players (RSTP) of the international entity. Corinthians alleges "clear poaching of an athlete under contract" in Bahia's movement to hire Kauê. Check below what the RNRTAF says:

"Art. 25 – The club that intends to celebrate a work contract with a professional athlete or football coach must inform the current club of the same, in writing, before entering into negotiations with the professional".

Finally, Corinthians still understands that Bahia was used as a "business intermediary" so that the City Group, which controls the SAF of Tricolor de Aço and other teams around the world, such as Manchester City, paid only R$ 14 million, an amount stipulated for the national market. The fine amount for abroad was 50 million euros (approximately R$ 315 million at the current exchange rate).

WHAT CORINTHIANS CLAIMS

In view of all the above, Corinthians asks the National Dispute Resolution Chamber to take some measures against Bahia. One of them, for example, is the payment of compensation to Timão of an amount equivalent to 200 times the value of the monthly salary of the proposal offered by Tricolor de Aço to Kauê.

The management of the alvinegro club also requested that the CNRD apply sanctions to Bahia provided for in article 56 of the regulation of the body, for "having poached the athlete and maintained negotiations with him while still linked to Corinthians", and also to the player, for having attacked "against contractual stability and adopted conduct contrary to the regulations in force of FIFA and CBF".

Corinthians also demands that the Chamber pronounce a sentence of "declaratory nature" and recognizes the right of the club to require Bahia to pay the international termination fine, if Kauê is transferred by Tricolor de Aço to any team that integrates the City Group after completing 18 years.

Timão, finally, still requires Bahia and Kauê Furquim to present all registered documentation of communication between the parties, or through their legal and/or contractual representatives (intermediaries), such as proposals, text messages, emails, and audios.

(Photo: Letícia Martins/EC Bahia)

UNDERSTAND THE CASE

Corinthians lost one of the main players of its base categories to Bahia: the 16-year-old striker Kauê Furquim. The City Group, which controls the SAF of the northeastern club, deposited the amount of the termination fine and took the jewel from Timão. The boy, in fact, has already had his name registered in the BID (Daily Information Bulletin) of the CBF by the Bahian team.

According to current legislation, the fine for the national market is equivalent to two thousand times the athlete's salary at the time of signing the contract. The amount paid by Bahia, therefore, was only R$ 14 million.

The news caught Corinthians managers by surprise. Kauê Furquim, although young, already attended professional team training and was even related to two games of the alvinegro team this season, against Ceará and Fortaleza, both for the Brazilian Championship.

The boy signed his first professional bond with the club in April. At the time, the base management of Timão stipulated a fine of 50 million euros for the foreign market.

Corinthians was negotiating a salary increase with Kauê Furquim's staff before Bahia paid the fine, but the conversations did not advance. In an interview with ge, the director of the base categories of the Paulista club, Carlos Roberto Auricchio, known as Nenê do Posto, alleged that Timão was "enrolled" by the staff of Filho do Terrão.

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