The transfer ban is a result of the Cuiabá's failure to pay its debts, including a R$ 18.6 million debt to the club itself, which was incurred during the negotiation of the zagueiro Joaquim with the Santos club in 2023. The Cuiabá has been trying to collect this debt from the Santos, but so far, the club has only paid one of the five new installments agreed upon in a renegotiation.
Dresch has been vocal about the need for stricter regulations and punishments for clubs that fail to pay their debts. He believes that the current system is flawed and that clubs should be punished with point deductions for failing to pay their debts. "This problem exists because we live in a market that has no type of regulation and no punishment," Dresch said. "Today, the transfer ban is showing itself to be insufficient, we need to have point deductions. I think if the Corinthians had threatened to lose three points in the table, that money would have come out of somewhere."
The Cuiabá is currently disputing the Série B and is trying to return to the elite of Brazilian football. The club is in the tenth position, with four points less than the group of the six top teams, which guarantees a place in the playoff. The Cuiabá sustains that the volume of values to be received from other clubs compromises the cash flow and affirms that the situation is not a consequence of management problems, but of the non-compliance of contracts signed with other clubs.
The Cuiabá will continue to collect the values due by the means provided in the football rules.