Challenges and more challenges! Flamengo sees a gap between Pedro's injury and Gabigol's departure from the attack

With the goodbye completed according to Gabigol's own words, Flamengo faces a challenge for 2025: filling the gaps in the attack left not only by him but also by Pedro, the team's top scorer this season and who, due to his serious injury, will only return to the pitch in the middle of next year.

Understanding the situation

The tendency is for Flamengo to go to the market in search of a center forward. At least that's what the club's current president, Rodolfo Landim, guarantees, despite elections scheduled for December and there being no certainty that his current candidate, Rodrigo Dunshee, will win the election.

Vice of current football, Marcos Braz made it clear that it will not continue in 2025 regardless of who wins. It was the director, alongside executive director Bruno Spindel, who took charge of all player negotiations from 2019 to now.

"We will certainly look for a player for this position, but for that, in our budget, we are leaving a volume of resources planned", said Rodolfo Landim, on the "Flow" podcast

For the final stretch of the Brazilian Championship, Filipe Luis will use what he has at his disposal. Currently, the coach has used Bruno Henrique in the sector. Another option is Carlinhos, who has more fixed characteristics, in the area, but the former Nova Iguaçu player is injured.

Filipe Luis He has also highlighted that he sees Plata acting in the role. The coach sees the Ecuadorian as a striker who can be used both as a center forward and as a winger.

Gabigol removed by the board

Gabigol was removed by the board despite the absences in the sector. In advanced conversations with Cruzeiro, he was not listed for the game against Atlético-MG, last Wednesday (13), and watched the match from one of the boxes at Maracanã.

The reason still generates controversy: the board justifies the attacker's alleged acts of indiscipline, something that the player and his staff deny.

After the game, Filipe Luis gave a brief statement. The coach made it clear that the decision came from the board:

"First, to say that it deeply saddens me to talk about a subject like this after becoming champion. here. I am grateful to Gabriel, for everything he did for the club and for me. Regarding the removal, due to an episode that happened in the final, I was informed by Marcos Braz that he would not be involved until further notice. Marcos Braz's total and he will speak at the moment he sees fit. This is my statement, which saddens me deeply. I would not like this matter to tarnish this title that the group won for an off-field reason", Filipe Luis

< /p>