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This Monday morning (9), a video detailing the partnership between Flamengo with Leixões, from Portugal , was published by the Paparazzo Rubro-Negro channel. The material reveals what the Portuguese club's headquarters will be like and how Flamengo's identity will be incorporated into the location. The Rio club's objective is to become a majority shareholder, acquiring 56% of Leixões' SAD, which corresponds to the SAF model in Brazilian football. This percentage belongs to the company Playfair, which is facing financial difficulties. Watch the video.

Recently, news circulated that Flamengo has already would have invested R$9 million to help Leixões with structural adjustments, but Diogo Lemos, member of the Football Council of Flamengo, denied the information: “The information is not correct”, he told the 'MRN' portal. The rumor gained strength after the transfer of an amount from the Santa Monica fund account, in Rio de Janeiro, to the coffers of the Portuguese club.

It is important to highlight that any investment from Flamengo at Leixões will need to be approved by the club's Deliberative Council. Previously, the Red and Black team considered a partnership with Tondela, another Portuguese club, but the project did not go ahead.

Currently in the second division of Portuguese football for 14 seasons, Leixões has only one notable title in its history: the Taça de Portugal from the 1960/61 season. Founded in 1907 in the city of Matosinhos, in the North of Portugal, the club made its first appearance in the Portuguese football elite in 1936/37, but finished in last place. In total, Leixões participated in 25 seasons in the first division.

Leixões directors believe that by selling part of their football to Flamengo, could return to the elite scene of Portuguese football.

Candidate for the presidency of Flamengo, Rodrigo Dunshee participated in the Jannuzzi & Abuzze podcast and explained the reason for Marcos Braz's departure in 2025. The current vice-president of football at Flamengomade it clear that he has no desire to remain at the club next season and will focus on his professional career.

“Marcos Braz's position is complicated, it suffers wear and tear . Everything in life has a cycle. Marcos has already made it very clear that he will not continue. There was a moment when he was very important, he brought his experience. In 2018, when we arrived, we discussed who would be the football vice president. Nobody had the courage to be, but Marcos Braz did. That right there is an electric chair”, said Dunshee.

Soon afterwards, Dunshee hinted that if he is elected, the football department will be entirely professionalised: “Marcos made an important contribution. People need to understand a little how important Marcos was. He already said he would leave and I accepted. Next year we will move towards a professionalization system. But Marcos will be with us on the council”, he pointed out.

In addition to Rodrigo Dunshee, Luiz Eduardo Baptista, Wallim Vasconcelos, Pedro Paulo and Maurício Gomes de Mattos is also running for president of Mais Querido. However, the current legal and general deputy of Rubro-Negro leads the voting intention polls with 25%, while Bap is with 22%.

Flamengo is preparing to face Bahia, on Thursday (12), in the quarter-finals of the Copa do Brasil. However, this Monday (09), Mais Querido presented Gonzalo Plata as the fourth reinforcement of the last transfer window. In contact with the press, the player stated that he had no doubts when choosing Fla, highlighting the greatness of Mengão and the strength of the negotiations for his arrival.

As I said before, and you said yourself, ( Flamengo) is one of the biggest, I didn't ask. As you said, there were other teams interested in me, but it is very difficult to put Flamengo and the other teams on a balance,” commented Plata, highlighting the weight of the red-black shirt in the decision.

Gonzalo Plata arrives at Flamengo as a great hope of offensive reinforcement, especially for the sequence of competitions in which the club is involved. The Ecuadorian striker also praised the club's commitment in negotiations with Al Sadd (QAT) and made it clear that the will was decisive for the agreement: “So I didn't think, I decided to be here, they did their best, I did my best and here I am, thanks to them.”

Fourth reinforcement hired by Flamengo in the last transfer window, Gonzalo Plata it cost 4.25 million dollars (R$24 million). The Rio club acquired a percentage of more than 30% of the player and that involves other triggers. It was also agreed that the Qatari club will have a 30% profit in any future sale.

Already registered in the CBF Newsletter (BID ), Plata will have three consecutive days of training at the CT to improve his rapport with the rest of the squad. Therefore, the right winger worked this Monday (09). In addition, there will be Tuesday (10) and Wednesday (11) at the Ninho do Urubu field.

After the game on Thursday (12), Gonzalo Plata will still train on Friday (13) and Saturday (14), but already focused on the classic with Vasco da Gama. This is because the player cannot play for Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil, as he was not registered in the competition in time.