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In an interview with comedian Pedro Manso, Zico, one of the greatest idols in Flamengo's history, fondly recalled the number 10s who made him most proud at the club. The former player left aside current names like Gabigol and mentioned three great players from the old generations: Dida, Silva Batuta and Fio Maravilha.

“Dida was my idol, a great player who will always be remembered by Flamengo. Silva Batuta and Fio Maravilha were also incredible, with Fio bringing a lot of joy and fun to the team. He had a great love for the club, and I always keep in touch with him”, said Zico on his YouTube channel, Zico 10.

Zico also highlighted Petkovic, recognizing his talent in free kicks, although the Serbian didn't play much time with the number 10 shirt: “Pet didn't play much with the number 10, but he was in the position. He learned to take free kicks well”, he added.

Recently, Gabigol was punished by Flamengo's board after being caught wearing the Corinthians shirt. As a result, he will no longer wear the number 10 shirt. Zico had previously commented that Gabigol seemed not to feel the weight of wearing Flamengo's number 10 shirt. “Today's shirts are much lighter”, said Zico, suggesting that the historical pressure might not have been the same.

The star who lost the right to wear Flamengo's number 10 shirt after punishment due to a controversy involving Corinthians, he will wear the number 99.

The fans are now waiting to see who will be the next to wear the emblem Flamengo's number 10 shirt, a number that carries a legacy of great players and a lot of expectations.

With the pause in games, one of the biggest topics within Flamengo is the controversy in which striker and team idol Gabriel Barbosa was recently involved. He was caught wearing a Corinthians shirt, the club he had been rumored for.

The situation generated a very rum atmosphere behind the scenes and the board immediately decided to remove the player's number 10 shirt as a first measure. But behind the scenes remained agitated between the parties.

He had a big problem due to his renewal, now, the update brought by Venê Casagrande is that he should not have an extended agreement and will leave Rubro-Negro Carioca . Many characters from the football world spoke out about the case, Neto was one of them.

Recent information was that when he was punished, the Flamengo coach gave full support to the former number 10, but Neto questioned the fact of Gabi's current climate and whether the commander will give the athlete new chances and opportunities after what happened.

For him, the center forward is unlikely to play for Flamengo after everything that happened under the command of the former coach of the Brazilian team. “Is Tite going to put Gabigol on? Do you think Gabriel will want to stay with Tite? Unless Tite leaves Flamengo, that's a different situation. Gabi will never play with Tite”, began Neto.

In addition, the former player and presenter of the program Os Donos da Bola has already raised the possibility of Gabriel Barbosa leaving, as his contract ends at the end of this year and he is already in a good mood at the CRF. “He knows this in his everyday environment. Whatever club Gabigol goes to, he arrives as an idol. He's young, he won't want to disagree with Tite. And he won’t play with the coach”, he commented.

Last Friday afternoon (17), Flamengo announced that Gabigol will no longer wear Rubro-Negro's number 10. This was the punishment for the attacker having worn the Corinthians shirt in an alleged leaked photo the night before. According to the newspaper O Globo, the club is working with two options for the new number 10 shirt: Arrascaeta and Nicolás de la Cruz. The Uruguayans emerge as the only options, with the assessment that they would not feel the weight of the number.

At the moment, Arrascaeta has been the owner of number 14 since 2019. It is worth remembering that the Uruguayan already wears the number in his national team and is also familiar with the 10, as he also wore it during his Cruzeiro days.

On the other hand, newcomer De La Cruz wears 18. When the player arrived in Rio de Janeiro, there were many doubts regarding what his number would be, but in the end he ended up staying with one left over.

In a recent interview with the channel Es Todo un Tema TV, Arrasca revealed that he would like to one day wear Flamengo's number 10. Having already been at the club for a while, he emerges as the favorite to be honored with Zico's shirt.

“When I was going to come to Flamengo they told me they would give me 10. Obviously I like that number and if I had the possibility, logically I would want it”, said the Uruguayan at the time, but Gabi inherited the number.

Before Gabigol, Flamengo's 10 belonged to Diego Ribas. Retired since 2022, Diego arrived at Mengão in 2016, but initially took number 35, as Ederson wore 10 at the time.

Ederson left Flamengo, Diego took the number in 2018, with Zico's approval. Since then, he has won three Cariocas, two Libertadores, two Brasileiros, one Copa do Brasil, two Supercups and one Recopa.