President of Brazil: Futball awaits crisis

Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, who opened his country a few days ago, ending quarantine in the largest state of South America, in a video distributed by the Presidential Palace spoke about the situation in football, warning that many clubs could face major financial difficulties.

According to Bolsonaros, the biggest clubs in the country, such as Flamengo and Palmiras, may face financial problems because of the lack of football activities.

Lack of income, according to Brazil's president, could bring problems in paying salaries, but also repayment of debts, while lower division clubs risk default.

The head of the Brazilian government, who has described the virus as merely a common flu, is thought to be seeking to exploit football difficulties to have exclusive control over the country's isolation, since, despite his own allowing the country to open up, the Supreme Court in Brazil has granted governors and mayors the right to apply austerity measures depending on the localities they run, making the president's decree invalid.

The most recent case was that of São Paolo Governor Joao Doria, who continued social distance measures despite Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro's order. According to the latter, the opening of football and the normal start of the championship would allow clubs to cope more successfully with the difficult financial situation they find themselves in.