Overview
- Vice-president Armando Mendonça testified to São Paulo’s DRADE and publicly rejected the audit’s claim he withdrew 131 items, saying he legally took 47, showed emails, and called for an external audit with a pledge to resign if wrongdoing is proven.
- The 94-page audit cites seven grave control failures and reports 41,963 Nike items withdrawn in 2025—nearly 300% above the annual quota—plus R$6.4 million in invoices not recorded in 2024–2025.
- Auditors staged a controlled purchase that led to a club employee’s confession to selling official pieces via Pix, confirming illicit commercialization of stock.
- Operational mismanagement reached the first team, which lacked sufficient white home shirts and used the alternate kit against Fluminense on September 13.
- MP-SP requested an inquiry and the club’s justice and ethics bodies will hold hearings, while the 2026 Nike deal projects up to 60,000 items and R$15–20 million in product annually with planned distribution reforms.