Loffredo: ‘If John Textor has any doubts, he can’t let Botafogo participate in the Brazilian Championship’ (?!)

The accusations of John Textor about corruption in Brazilian football were criticized on the program “Redação SporTV”. The commentator André Loffredo went so far as to say that, if the businessman has doubts, he cannot leave the Botafogo dispute the Brazilian championship.

– The report was sent to the STJD, which looked at it and said “I’m not even going to investigate that”. At first, he was talking about the 2023 Brazilian Championship, when he spoke about referee manipulation. The topic was the Brazilian Championship 2023, Botafogo being harmed, in the middle of that he says that he knows there is manipulation, you understand that it is from the Brasileirão 2023. Further on, he says that it is from the intermediate divisions of the Campeonato Sul-Matogrossense, sorry Mato Grosso do Sul. There may be manipulation in the Brazilian Championship, yes, in a country with corruption in the most varied sectors, it may exist in the Brazilian Championship. If he’s right, he’ll have to act quickly and show the proof. Do it in a way that makes it clear that the championship will start without any doubt. If you have doubts, you can’t let his team participate in the championship you have doubts about. Now he has named clubs by name and players involved from these clubs – said Loffredo.

The commentator Luiz Teixeira it was another who criticized it.

– Artificial intelligence is not an investigative and judging body. One of two things, either he has this proof or he wants to divert focus from something. Either a new coach or a lie on April 1st. I know it’s not, because the atmosphere with the managers behind the scenes is terrible, São Paulo, Palmeiras and Fortaleza released official notes. Palmeiras even treated it with debauchery. If he really has this evidence, he needs to present it now, because it is very serious that the latest allegations involve clubs, players and the fairness of the championship. The championship cannot start in the face of such strong accusations coming from one of the clubs that participates in the championship – complained Luiz Teixeira.