DELIBERATIVE COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON BIGGEST SPONSORSHIP IN FLAMENGO'S HISTORY THIS WEEK

At the moment, three candidates for Flamengo's presidency are known to the fans: Luiz Eduardo Baptista, Rodrigo Dunshee and Maurício Gomes de Mattos. However, a fourth way is to come, from the group Fla Tradição e Juventude, led by Leonardo Ribeiro, "Capitão Léo", who had problems with Mais Querido's idol, Zico, in 2010.

“The agenda is the following: launch of a candidacy in defense of the co-owner to defend Flamengo's traditions. A true independent candidacy. Because what we are seeing there are three different candidates,” said Léo, on social media.

The group is scheduling a meeting next Thursday (1) to define who the candidate will be. Leader of the Fla Tradição e Juventude group, Captain Léo is not a member. In other words, he will not be able to run for president of Mais Querido. The former leader of Torcida Jovem Fla was expelled from membership after days of suspensions in less than a year. In one of the cases, he was involved in a fight with Luiz Eduardo Baptista, a candidate for the position of president.

In 2010, Leonardo Ribeiro stated that the contract signed between Flamengo and Centro de Futebol Zico would be harmful to the club's interests. This is because, according to him, players who were from CFZ started to reach the Rubro-Negro youth categories, gaining more space than those who were already there. 

Thus, due to the accusation, Zico filed a lawsuit against Leonardo. After the red-black idol's attitude, the former partner retreated and said he was misunderstood. In 2010, Galinho was football director at Mais Querido.

The junior world champion in the C1 1000m and C2 500m and the first Brazilian female canoeist at the Olympics now wears the Sacred Mantle! Mateus Nunes and Valdenice signed with Flamengo and are already acclimatizing for Paris 2024.

Mateus Nunes, 18 years old and born in Itacaré, Bahia, is the youngest red and black athlete and has just competed in the Junior Canoe Sprint World Cup in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and won two gold medals. The first in the C1 1000m - competition from fellow Mengão athlete Isaquias Queiroz, and in the C2 500m. This was the last tournament before Mateus arrived in Paris for the Olympic games.

Valdenice Conceição arrives at Flamengo as the first athlete in history to win an Olympic place for Brazil in women's canoeing. At 34 years old and born in Maraú, Bahia, the canoeist is now part of the FlaCanoagem squad. Valdenice, known as “Neta Canoa” qualified for the games in the C1 200m race. In April 2024, Valdenice had already marked her place in the sport, by becoming the first Brazilian woman to win a speed medal at the Pan-American Canoeing Games, in the United States.

Mateus Nunes and Valdenice Conceição join Isaquias Queiroz and will compete in the 2024 Olympic Games as Flamengo athletes. 

A former Flamengo target in the primeira window of the year, is almost certainly a rival from Rio. This is because Botafogo overcame previous difficulties with Udinese and is still in the process of signing Matheus Martins, a 21-year-old striker. The operation will cost 10 million euros (R$ 60 million), with a further 2 million euros in bonuses, for 90% of the attacker's economic rights.

Only the athlete's signature separates the negotiation from being assured officially, but both parties already consider the operation as done.

Flamengo even negotiated with the striker, while he was on vacation in Rio de Janeiro. Some meetings took place, but there was no agreement with the Europeans. Another point was that at the time of the red-black attack, the player had the desire to continue in Europe.

So far, the rubro-negro< /a> has not signed any players since the start of the transfer window. The attempts with midfielder Marcos Antônio were unsuccessful and the Rio club ended up taking a beating from São Paulo, which signed the player. So far, the only name in which Flamengo is negotiating is with midfielder Claudinho, from Zenit, in Russia. Despite the Russians' tough game, everything is fine between the player and Flamengo.