Flamengo denies interest in ex-Palmeiras striker

Flamengo's new interim coach, Filipe Luís, will be officially presented by the directors this Tuesday (1st), at 1:30 pm (Brasília time), in a press conference at CT Ninho do Urubu. After the interview, the coach will proceed to the second training session with the squad, preparing for the clash against Corinthians, valid for the semi-finals of the Copa do Brasil. His first activity with the players took place this Monday (30). Filipe Luístakes on the responsibility of trying to save Flamengo's season, and is expected to remain in charge until the end of Rodolfo Landim's tenure, which ends in December. If he achieves good results, the new board may choose to keep him as coach of the first team, taking into account that the club will have elections on December 9th. Filipe began his career as a coach in 2024.

In the Under-17s, he won the Copa Rio, beating Vasco in São Januário, and later, with the Under-20s, he was champion of the Club World Cup category, defeating Olympiacos at Maracanã. Now, just nine months into his career, Filipe Luís is already taking charge of the professional team.

Confirmed Flamengo fan, Filipe Luís arrived at the club in 2019 as a left-back. He was part of the generation that won several titles, such as the Brasileirão (2019 and 2020), Libertadores (2019 and 2022), Copa do Brasil (2022), as well as international and state cups. Now, he has the mission to continue bringing success, but as coach of Flamengo.

Filipe Luís' first mission as coach of the main team will be this Wednesday (2), when Flamengo prepares for the duel against Corinthians in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Copa do Brasil. The match will be on Wednesday (2) at 9:30 pm, Brasília time, at Maracanã.

With a contract with Inter Miami until December 2025, the Argentine star Lionel Messi wishes, according to the German newspaper Bild, to leave the United States to operate for the first time in South America. The news surprises Brazilian football, which has clubs like Flamengo, Corinthians and Palmeiras, capable of making investments of this size.

However, the biggest obstacle for Brazilian football is Messi's preference to return to Newell's Old Boys, the club where he started his career before moving to Barcelona at the age of 13. At Barça, Messi won 10 La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles and three FIFA Club World Cup titles.

After his long career at the Catalan club, the Argentine played for PSG, where he played alongside of Mbappé and Neymar, but without much success in the Champions League. Afterwards, he accepted the challenge of playing in the MLS for David Beckham's Inter Miami. Now, at 37 years old, Messi is considering the possibility of competing in the Libertadores on South American soil.

If Flamengo signed Messi, this would revive the club's great signings, like Romário in 1995, when Baixinho was the best player in the world and left Barcelona to play at Mengão. In 2011, Flamengo also repeated the feat by bringing in Ronaldinho Gaúcho, who came from Milan and had already been voted the best player in the world twice in the 2000s.

With Messi being a very distant dream, Flamengo is preparing for the duel against Corinthians in the first leg of the semifinals of the Brazilian Cup. The match will be on Wednesday (2) at 9:30 pm, Brasília time, and will be the first in which Filipe Luís will be in charge of Mengão's main team, after the dismissal of coach Tite.

The transfer window is still closed, but movement in the football market has already started to become a topic. A long-time wish of Flamengo's board, midfielder Oscar received proposals from teams in the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Oscar has a valid contract with Shanghai Port (CHN) until November this year. However, even before the contract ends, the midfielder is already being scouted on the market. According to information from 'Revista Colorada', the athlete has negotiations underway to play in the United States or in Arab football. According to the portal's investigation, the choice of these countries is due to financial issues.

It is not now that Oscar continues on Flamengo's radar. In last year's transfer window, the athlete was close to playing for Rubro-Negro. Everything had already been agreed between Mengo and the player, but the only obstacle was that Shanghai Port did not agree to the midfielder's release.

In addition to Flamengo, Oscar is also monitored by other Brazilian clubs. Therefore, Inter and São Paulo, teams for which the midfielder has already played in Brazil, are also keeping an eye on the next steps in the 32-year-old player's career. b>

While the board keeps an eye on the market, Flamengo's squad is focused on the 'decision' for the Libertadores. This Tuesday (28), Mengo faces Millonarios (COL), in the sixth and final round of the group stage of the tournament. The clash takes place at 9pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã.