Overview
- The club announced Paz's exit on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, saying the decision followed a meeting between the executive and president Osmar Stabile and was made by mutual agreement.
- Corinthians has gone nine matches without a win in the Campeonato Brasileiro and sits close to the relegation zone, a sporting slump that increased pressure on the club's leadership.
- Reporting says Paz called Stabile to complain about delayed player wages and to report online threats against him and his wife, a sequence that preceded the board meeting that ended his tenure.
- The board is negotiating to have former goalkeeper and current football manager Júlio César take on Paz's responsibilities through December, and several staff Paz brought from Fortaleza are expected to stay.
- Paz was hired on Dec. 27, 2025 to reorganize the football department during a financial crisis marked by transfer bans, unpaid salaries and an MP-SP inquiry, and those institutional problems remain unresolved.