Federal Government and Santos FC sign agreement for the transfer of CT Rei Pelé

The Federal Government and Santos Futebol Clube signed, this Thursday (1st), a conciliation agreement that establishes the conditions for the onerous transfer of the area where the Rei Pelé Training Center (CT) is located, in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo. The land belongs to the Union and must be transferred to the club for 40 years, as provided for in the agreement.

The signing of the agreement took place at Palácio do Planalto, at 10 am. The Santos club must pay R$ 145,167 thousand per month to use the area for 20 years, that is, around R$ 69.7 million. The agreement must be automatically renewed for the same period.

In the agreement, the club also recognized a debt of approximately R$23 million over the previous use of the property, which could be paid in 120 months. The date is due to the September 2017 deadline, when SPU asked the club to vacate the land.

The agreement maintains ownership of the asset with the Union and establishes remuneration for future use. The measure also preserves the possibility for the Union to reassess in the future the convenience of selling the property, if there is no longer any public, economic or social interest in its maintenance.

The area, measuring around 40 thousand square meters, was auctioned by the federal government. In July, however, the SPU suspended the event at the request of the Federal Public Ministry (MPF). At the time, the land was valued at around R$79.76 million.