Ecuadorian defender Robert Arboleda used social networks to provoke the former player and today commentator Muller, after São Paulo’s 2-1 win over last Sunday. The defender scored one of the goals of the match, while the other was scored by Bobadilla.
On Monday, Arboleda published an image alongside foreign companions of the tricolor cast and wrote the word “clown”, in clear reference to Muller. But what happened? Why did he answer Muller? THE Sporting News show.
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Arboleda x Muller: Understand the controversy
The former striker, idol of São Paulo and currently commentator, recently criticized the high number of foreigners in Brazilian football. In an interview with the “Open Aspas” painting, last Friday, he nominally cited the São Paulo cast:
– Sao Paulo has nine foreigners, and one worse than the other – said Muller, who won several titles for the club in the 1990s. Interestingly, the two tricolor goals against Inter were made by foreigners: Arboleda (Ecuadorian) and Bobadilla (Paraguayan).
📲 Arboleda, in response to former player Muller. pic.twitter.com/edfbQhSiEG
— Gabriel Sá (@OGObrielSa August 4, 2025
How many foreigners has the cast of São Paulo
Currently commanded by Hernán Crespo, an Argentine, São Paulo has nine foreign athletes, eight South Americans and one European. Arboleda, with 337 matches for Tricolor since 2017, is the fourth foreigner with the most games in the team’s history, behind only Pedro Rocha (392), Darío Pereyra (453) and José Poy (525).
Jonathan Calleri, currently recovering from knee injury, shares with Rogério Ceni and Luis Fabiano the club’s historic artillery in Libertadores, with 14 goals.
List of foreigners in the cast of São Paulo:
- Robert Arboleda – Defender, Ecuador, 33 years
- Nahuel Ferraresi – Defender, Venezuela, 26 years old
- Alan Franco – Defender, Argentina, 28 years old
- Cédric Soares -Right-back, Portugal, 33 years old
- Enzo Díaz -left-back, Argentina, 29 years old
- Bobadilla – Steering wheel, Paraguay, 24 years old
- Jonathan Calleri – Striker, Argentina, 31 years old
- John Dense – Striker, Argentina, 30 years old
- Luciano Tapia – Striker, Chile, 23 years old
