Flamengo director interrupts program to rebut Corinthians president about Hugo Souza

Until November 30th, Corinthians has priority in purchasing Hugo Souza from Flamengo. However, the club boards have not yet reached an agreement on the form of payment. During the "Arena SBT" program this Monday (25), Augusto Melo, president of the São Paulo team, spoke about the topic and ended up being 'rebutted' live by Marcos Braz, football vice-president of the Mais Querido.

During the interview on the program, Augusto Melodemonstrated confidence in the definitive purchase of Hugo Souza: “We are meeting the deadline, Corinthians does not have that financial situation (to pay). But there is zero chance (of losing Hugo Souza)”, he said.

However, Marcos Braz decided to call the program and also give Flamengo's version in the negotiations. Thus, the red-black leader explained the reasons why Mais Querido has not yet accepted the guarantees offered by Corinthians.

"In At no point does Flamengo want to run away from the situation. Flamengo has the size today to admit the mistakes of a negotiation, but never do that, and then the legal process, in relation to the processes, must be respected. guarantees. According to what was told to me, the guarantees that were given were the same as those given by Matheuzinho, and we had a problem in relation to Matheuzinho", he stated.

"Then it would be difficult for Flamengo to receive the same guarantees from a second asset from the club, guarantees that Flamengo was not satisfied with. To be clear, Flamengo is correct in its negotiations. Football is very small, people know each other", continued.

"Never We would be pushing not to do a deal. The guarantee that Corinthians gives us today, Flamengo doesn't feel comfortable, that's all. But I'm absolutely sure that Corinthians will make the purchase within the deadline. who doesn't have the situation to think it was too little", he added.

CORINTHIANS WILL PAY 'CHEAP'

In addition, Marcos Braz also highlighted that Corinthians will 'cheap pay' for Hugo Souza. However, the red-black leader assumes that the business model will be beneficial to Flamengo in the near future.

"After that It started to show up, yes. It's just that he went to Portugal at a lower price than that. The deadline expired and no one exercised it. Now, after the work done... Flamengo feels satisfied because of this 40% partnership with Corinthians. It will certainly bear fruit in the future that would be impossible to achieve elsewhere, because at Flamengo Rossi is a starter", he concluded.

GUARANTEES REFUSED

On his first foray into Hugo Souza, Corinthians offered the contract with the company Brax as a guarantee. However, this was the brand presented in the Matheuzinho sale, and Mais Querido has not yet received it. Soon after, the São Paulo team presented the Daycova bank as a guarantor, but it was also refused by Flamengo, which will do business if a "first-rate bank" is placed in the deal.