Ronaldo negotiates the sale of Cruzeiro’s SAF to the club’s business partner | cruise

Businessman Pedro Lourenço has advanced negotiations to take control of SAF from Ronaldo Fenômeno’s Cruzeiro. The transaction is not yet complete and needs to be signed, in addition to going through bureaucratic procedures. If completed, Cruzeiro will undergo an administrative and shareholder transition process.

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The initial idea is to have Pedro Júnior, son of Pedro Lourenço, as one of the club’s leaders. Alexandre Mattos, a former executive at the club and currently at América-MG, would take on the role of football director. Mattos is a personal friend of the businessman, once the transition is completed. Initially, Ronaldo’s SAF personnel would be retained for the process of changing command of the shareholding control

The information was initially released by the No Attack portal and confirmed by ge. Cruzeiro’s advisors were contacted, but did not comment on the matter until the report was published.

Sources linked to Ronaldo and Pedro Lourenço confirmed that the agreement was made, but no documents have yet been signed. The negotiation values ​​and percentages are being kept confidential at this time.

Upon taking over the management of Cruzeiro, the former player approached Pedro Lourenço, owner of a supermarket chain in BH. The businessman acted as the club’s main investor, well before the start of SAF. At times, he even acquired percentages of economic rights from athletes. In others, the businessman helped the club with financial contributions.

According to the statement from Tara, Ronaldo Fenômeno’s company, which was released by Cruzeiro, the agreement with the businessman, at that time, “includes a subscription of convertible debentures – which was already planned – and the resources raised by Tara will be used exclusively for operational needs of Cruzeiro SAF”.

“Not now, but in the future, I can’t guarantee that I will stay at Cruzeiro forever. I have enormous affection for what we are doing and for the club. I certainly won’t stay forever, and Pedrinho will be the first guy talked about, consulted (about buying SAF). It’s still a long way off, but Pedrinho being close gives me the guarantee.

One of the names that will lead Cruzeiro with the arrival of Pedro Lourenço is Alexandre Mattos, former football director at Raposa, with spells at Palmeiras, Vasco and Athletico-PR. Currently, Mattos holds the position of CEO of football at América-MG.

On Saturday night, when the Minas Gerais team faced Novorizontino, in the second round of Series B, Alexandre was seen several times on the phone, at Independência. When contacted by the report, the director declined to comment on whether he would be returning to Toca da Raposa.

Cruzeiro has been going through a turbulent time since the defeat to Atlético-MG in the final of the Campeonato Mineiro. First, with the vice, the club fired coach Nicolás Larcamon. Then, faced with criticism from fans and the failure in the game against Alianza, from Colombia, goalkeeper Rafael Cabral was traded to Grêmio.

This week, Pedro Martins left his position as football director and transferred to Vasco. Paulo André, one of the main managers of the Ronaldo administration, took over the position on an interim basis. Cruzeiro comes from three games without a win this year and is trying to recover against Vitória, this Sunday’s opponent, at 4pm (Brasília time) at Mineirão.