Eagle States Textor Did Not Provide Financial Evidence to Buy Back Botafogo and Rules Out Sale Until Assuming SAF Control, Says Blog

Another version of the meeting between John Textor, Botafogo, and Eagle Football in the United States has surfaced. According to ‘Blog do Diogo Dantas’ from the newspaper ‘O Globo,’ the company shareholders are ruling out selling the Botafogo SAF shares to the businessman until they take over the club’s control. Sources linked to Eagle state that ‘John Textor did not provide evidence of financial capability to finalize the operation’ of repurchasing Botafogo, as reported on Saturday afternoon (8/16). Furthermore, the shareholders state that the strategy of ‘pressuring negotiations through shouting’ will not be effective. The Eagle controllers believe there is no clear assessment of the actual value of Botafogo’s SAF and think that if the company had taken over the club on July 17, as planned, there would be a better outlook to start negotiations with Textor. Additionally, according to ‘Blog do Diogo Dantas,’ John Textor has received an investment from Greek billionaire Evangelos Marinakis but has not yet received confirmation of Marinakis’ interest in buying Botafogo. The signing of midfielder Danilo from Nottingham Forest was completed with the promise to settle the debt with Marinakis and the player using future revenues from Glorioso.