Flamengo and Atalanta begin exchanging documents to seal the sale of Wesley

Tite defined Flamengo and announced the 11 starters who will face Peñarol, this Thursday, at Maracanã, at 7pm. De la Cruz returns to the starting lineup in place of Léo Ortiz, and Alex Sandro and Plata were retained. The duel with the Uruguayans is the first between the teams in the quarter-finals of the Copa Conmebol Libertadores. Follow the Red and Black lineup:Rossi, Varela, Fabrício Bruno, Léo Pereira and Alex Sandro; Pulgar, De la Cruz, Gerson and Arrascaeta; Plata and Bruno Henrique.

Alex Sandro and Plata, debutants in last Sunday's classic, remain in the team after having good performances in the draw against Vasco. Gabigol is now out of the relationship due to fibrosis in the posterior muscle of his right thigh. Flamengo, in a statement, reported that the athlete did not suffer any injury in the region. Check it out:

"The Clube de Regatas do Flamengo informs that the athlete Gabriel Barbosa underwent tests that did not diagnose an injury to the posterior muscle of his right thigh. However, the Technical Committee opted for precaution and did not list him for the duel against Peñarol due to fibrosis in the region. Gabi is handed over to physiotherapists and physical trainers for the series of decisive games of the season."

Flamengo faces Peñarol (URU) in the first game of the CONMEBOL Libertadores quarter-finals and, here, you can watch the broadcast, live, with 2h30 of pre-game, interviews, the team's arrival at Maracanã and everything more.

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On Friday afternoon (23), Flamengo officially presented Michael at a press conference at Ninho do Urubu. After the attacker's presentation, Marcos Braz and Bruno Spindel explained to journalists Atalanta's negotiation for Wesley. The vice-president of red-black football highlighted that the club did not lose the negotiation for the sale of the athlete.

"Flamengo did not lose this negotiation. Now I'm going to talk about the sporting match. I'm going to talk about the player. He was criticized so much in relation to Atalanta comes, a team from England comes, a team from France comes and everyone sees Wesley as a good player, the only people who don't think so are the people here in relation to Brazil. The professionals there want the player, and the amateurs here. no? 16 million euros (R$96 million) for 90% of Wesley's economic rights. The deal would be around 20 million euros with targets to be achieved (R$ 120 million). 

With the cancellation of his transfer to Europe, Wesley seemed quite dissatisfied, as everything was arranged for the full-back to say goodbye to Mais Querido. Now, the young man is waiting for a new proposal from other clubs to try to play in European football.

Without transferring to European football, Wesley ended up getting injured and will be out of Flamengo's next game. Mais Querido returns to the field next Sunday (25th), at 8pm, at Maracanã.