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After six seasons, Gabigol plays Flamengo's farewell game in this Sunday (08). The red-and-black idol will leave the club after turbulent negotiations with the board and amid unresolved friction with president Rodolfo Landim.
Gabigol and Landim reached the final stretch of 2024 without harmony. This is because Flamengo's president took over negotiations with the attacker in 2023. Before the director, the person in charge of the conversations was Marcos Braz. The football vice-president even agreed to renew the striker, with congratulations and congratulations on the agreement.
How Landim took the decision ahead of the negotiations and barred the renewal in the pre-agreed terms of five years and considerable salary increase, the relationship changed its status. In this way, Gabigol and the club president began to have long conversations with very different views on the extension of the bond.
Gabigol's first proposal: five-year contract
Flamengo's counter-proposal: one year contract
Gabigol's counter-proposal: three-year contract
GABIGOL natural path for a player with recent idol status at the club. Therefore, the attacker felt disrespected by the board with the sudden change in stance.
— < i>I'm not staying at Flamengo. In recent years there were negotiations, the president, the board, shook my hand, my father's, my mother's, and then things happened that I really didn't like. I always found out about things through the podcast (referring to Landim's interviews on podcasts), never in person — revealed Gabigol, in an interview with Globo shortly after winning the 2024 Copa do Brasil.
On the other hand, Rodolfo Landim claims that Gabigol's performance in the last two years is below par. Therefore, the athlete's bad phase is the main reason for the counter-proposal to be for just one more season.
— The point that proves that we believe in Gabigol's recovery capacity is We made a proposal for the amount he requested, but for one year. It's not Flamengo that doesn't believe. I don't know if it's Flamengo who doesn't believe or if it's Flamengo who doesn't believe in him. Because if he wants to stay at Flamengo and he believes in his football, why doesn't he accept this one year and then he continues? — said Landim, in an interview with Flow Podcast, November this year.
WITHOUT AGREEMENT WITH FLAMENGO, GABIGOL PREPARES TO PLAY IN CRUZEIRO
Gabigol has a contract with Flamengo until December 31st. Therefore, without a renewal agreement, the 28-year-old striker has everything agreed with Cruzeiro for 2025. The Minas Gerais team beat competition from Santos and Corinthians to count on the athlete.
The decisive clash in Argentina for the Libertadores is expected to have a full house and Mengão fans can now purchase tickets.
17 Set 2025 | 10:38 |
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Flamengo began selling tickets this Wednesday (17) for the second leg of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals against Estudiantes at the Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium in La Plata (ARG). Tickets are available exclusively on the club's official platform : ingressos.flamengo.com.br .
Tickets will be sold in phases, according to the fan membership plans. The first group served is the Nation Without Borders group, aimed at fans from outside Rio de Janeiro, in addition to members of the Nação Maraca 1 (1-star) plan .
The visitor ticket costs R$250.96 . The price is made up of R$182.86 (ticket) + R$61.70 (Income Tax Withheld at Source – 33.33%) + R$6.40 (IOF – 3.5%). Fees are mandatory for international purchases.
The QR Code will only be available on the day of the match on the official Estudiantes website ( ticketing.estudiantesdelaplata.com ). To obtain it, you'll need to register using the same information you provided when purchasing : first name, last name, CPF (Brazilian taxpayer ID), and email address.
Before the duel in La Plata, Maracanã will already be full. All tickets for the first leg against Estudiantes, this Thursday (18), were sold two days in advance. More than 69,000 fans will be present, in what should be Flamengo's largest crowd in this edition of the Libertadores . The expectation is to repeat the performance of the round of 16, when the team eliminated Internacional with two wins and secured qualification by an aggregate score of 3-0.
Midfielder is Mengão's main name this season and should be rewarded with a contract extension close to his desire with the club.
17 Set 2025 | 09:51 |
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Giorgian De Arrascaeta's desire to end his career at Flamengo is already known. Now, the Uruguayan midfielder is seeking to extend his contract with the club until the end of 2028. Currently, the parties have resumed talks to reach an agreement .
The information was released by UOL reporter Bruno Braz, who highlighted the optimism surrounding the negotiations: "I believe that, if it doesn't go exactly as Arrascaeta hoped, it will be very close. The trend is for a happy ending, with Arrascaeta renewing for a longer period ," the journalist stated.
The first talks took place in early 2025, but they stalled. The player's initial intention was to renew mid-year , but the club preferred to postpone negotiations until the end of the season. The Uruguayan's current contract runs until December 2026.
While negotiating his renewal, Arrascaeta remains at Filipe Luís' disposal. Flamengo faces Estudiantes de La Plata (ARG) this Thursday (18), at 9:30 pm (Brasília time) , at Maracanã, for the first leg of the Libertadores quarterfinals.
The duel between Flamengo and Estudiantes will not be shown on free-to-air TV and will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN (pay TV) and Disney+ (streaming), but fans will be kept up to date with all the details of the match on Gazeta do Urubu.
The current coach is always compared to the Portuguese who was his commander at Mengão and the 'Mister' believes in a promising future
17 Set 2025 | 09:13 |
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Coach Filipe Luís has been frequently associated with Jorge Jesus . This Tuesday (16), the current Al Nassr commander made a point of publicly praising his Brazilian compatriot in an interview with Canal Goat . According to the Portuguese, the relationship between the two goes beyond the field, marked by friendship, gratitude and a constant exchange of ideas about football.
Jorge Jesus on Flamengo's Filipe Luís: "I really believe in his growth"
"Besides being a friend, he's a grateful person, and there are people in football who forget things very easily. We continue to talk a lot. He's a coach just starting his career and has absorbed the knowledge of my way of working , and I strongly believe in his growth," said Jorge Jesus.
The Portuguese also highlighted Filipe Luís's personality and promising future: " He's learning; our early years are like that, just like mine . Now, I know he has a bright future; he will. He's a great friend. Filipe is a grateful friend, a great family man, and he'll be a great coach."
Filipe Luís and Jorge Jesus worked together in 2019, when the former full-back was a key player in Flamengo 's Libertadores and Brasileirão championship. During that time, the club also won the Recopa, the Supercopa do Brasil, and the Campeonato Carioca . The current Mengão coach acknowledges the Portuguese's influence on his career and admits to modeling himself on the former Flamengo manager's style:
"I can never compare past teams with my current team; they have completely different players. I can never compare myself to the coach I was in charge of at that time, Jorge Jesus. If he's not the best in history, he's one of the best to have played here at Flamengo . I'll never be like him, I'll never do anything like what he did," the coach declared.
Flamengo returns to the field this Thursday (18), at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã, against Estudiantes (ARG) , for the first leg of the Libertadores quarterfinals. On Sunday (21), also at Maracanã, the red-black team faces Vasco, in a classic valid for the Brazilian Championship. In the first round, the teams drew goalless.
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