FLAMENGO BEGINS RACE AGAINST TIME TO DELIVER NEW ATHLETES TO TITE BEFORE REPRESENTATION

The end of the year is getting closer and, while Flamengo's players are enjoying their holidays, the red and black board is racing against time to deliver to Tite what was promised: three or four new athletes to reinforce the team. The plan, according to the GOAL portal, is for these players to be available for the team's re-presentation, which is scheduled for January 8th.

Nicolás de la Cruz is the first name that already has the right contract with Mais Querido. His last game with River Plate (ARG) is this Friday (22), for the Argentine Super Cup. The other names that are circulating the transfer market are: Leo Ortiz, Gustavo Scarpa and Matías Viña.

Leo Ortiz is already somewhat on track with Mengão. In addition to the interest that exists from the club, he has also revealed that he would very much like to defend the Sacred Mantle, even though he has a prominent position at Red Bull Bragantino. What keeps the defender away from Rio de Janeiro is the amount that Fla is willing to pay, compared to what the Bragança Paulista team is asking for.

He even interrupted his trip to the States United to return to Brazil, this Friday morning (22), with the aim of softening the hearts of Braga's board, who are asking for 50 million reais, while Flamengo wants to pay around 20 million reais.

Matías Viña, from Sassuolo (ITA), should return to Brazil. According to GOAL, the board understands that there is an inclination of the full-back to return and is working on composing the sporting project for the player. Thus, Fla is waiting for a positive position from the full-back before starting negotiations with Roma (ITA), the club that holds his economic rights.

Initially, the Italians announced on the market that they want 10 million euros to negotiate the Uruguayan. This is even the purchase clause present in the player's loan contract to Sassuolo. Mais Querido's plan is, as in Léo Ortiz's situation, to use the athlete's desire to come and defend the Sacred Mantle to reduce the cost.

Gustavo Scarpa's situation is different. Still in the middle of this year, Flamengo tried to sign him, but he put his foot down, insisting on remaining in Europe. Currently, Nottingham Forest (ING), which loaned him to Olympiacos (GRE), is open to negotiating with Brazilian clubs and there are some giants fighting with Fla for the star.

At the moment, Atlético-MG is winning this race, after receiving an "ok" from the athlete, working on making the negotiation for the midfielder official as quickly as possible.