Following allegations, Marin guarantees Teixeira R$ 100 per month.
During a visit to Recife, the president of the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) stated that he will continue paying the salary (through consulting services) of his predecessor, who is accused of illicit enrichment by the Swiss courts; what else could one expect?
Raphael Coutinho _PE247 – During his visit to Recife this Thursday (12), to announce a friendly match between the Brazilian National Team and China, the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), José Maria Marin, preferred not to comment on the allegations about the receipt of bribes by the former presidents of the entity Ricardo Teixeira and João Havelange. “I prefer not to comment on this question,” he said calmly. However, when the subject was the possibility of cutting the payment of Teixeira's consultant salary, the head of the highest entity of Brazilian football did not hesitate and guaranteed the continuation of the deposits in the former leader's bank account.
“He (Ricardo Teixeira) contributes with international-level consulting. We take advantage of Ricardo's experience in international football. What was reported (suspicions of bribery) has no relation between Ricardo Teixeira and the CBF,” stated José Maria Marin. Teixeira stepped down from the presidency of the organization in March of this year, citing health problems, but under suspicion of receiving money, off the books, to schedule friendly matches for the Brazilian National Team. Even so, the executive continues to receive a salary of approximately R$ 100 per month for providing alleged consulting services.
Interestingly, José Maria Marin took over the leadership of the CBF precisely at the behest of Ricardo Teixeira himself. And the advisory services provided by the former president of the organization have never been explained in detail by any representative of the confederation.
Last Wednesday (11), a Swiss court published information from a lawsuit against former Brazilian leaders, in which approximately R$ 45 million in bribes passed through their accounts over eight years, via the Swiss marketing company ISL. In the decision of the European country's court, Ricardo Teixeira and João Havelange appear as those convicted of fraud in the sale of FIFA broadcasting rights to the company ISL. According to the investigation, the company paid bribes to the Brazilians between 1992 and 2000.
Ricardo Teixeira's management of the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) was always marked by allegations of illicit enrichment on the part of the former leader. TV Globo even aired a special Globo Repórter report in 1999 about the growth of the wealth of the then-powerful figure in Brazilian football. However, the same television network adopted, shortly afterwards, a more "light" stance when addressing the organization's management.