At the moment, three candidates for Flamengo's presidency are known to the fans: Luiz Eduardo Baptista, Rodrigo Dunshee and Maurício Gomes de Mattos. However, a fourth way is to come, from the group Fla Tradição e Juventude, led by Leonardo Ribeiro, "Capitão Léo", who had problems with Mais Querido's idol, Zico, in 2010.

“The agenda is the following: launch of a candidacy in defense of the co-owner to defend Flamengo's traditions. A true independent candidacy. Because what we are seeing there are three different candidates,” said Léo, on social media.

The group is scheduling a meeting next Thursday (1) to define who the candidate will be. Leader of the Fla Tradição e Juventude group, Captain Léo is not a member. In other words, he will not be able to run for president of Mais Querido. The former leader of Torcida Jovem Fla was expelled from membership after days of suspensions in less than a year. In one of the cases, he was involved in a fight with Luiz Eduardo Baptista, a candidate for the position of president.

In 2010, Leonardo Ribeiro stated that the contract signed between Flamengo and Centro de Futebol Zico would be harmful to the club's interests. This is because, according to him, players who were from CFZ started to reach the Rubro-Negro youth categories, gaining more space than those who were already there. 

Thus, due to the accusation, Zico filed a lawsuit against Leonardo. After the red-black idol's attitude, the former partner retreated and said he was misunderstood. In 2010, Galinho was football director at Mais Querido.

The junior world champion in the C1 1000m and C2 500m and the first Brazilian female canoeist at the Olympics now wears the Sacred Mantle! Mateus Nunes and Valdenice signed with Flamengo and are already acclimatizing for Paris 2024.

Mateus Nunes, 18 years old and born in Itacaré, Bahia, is the youngest red and black athlete and has just competed in the Junior Canoe Sprint World Cup in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and won two gold medals. The first in the C1 1000m - competition from fellow Mengão athlete Isaquias Queiroz, and in the C2 500m. This was the last tournament before Mateus arrived in Paris for the Olympic games.

Valdenice Conceição arrives at Flamengo as the first athlete in history to win an Olympic place for Brazil in women's canoeing. At 34 years old and born in Maraú, Bahia, the canoeist is now part of the FlaCanoagem squad. Valdenice, known as “Neta Canoa” qualified for the games in the C1 200m race. In April 2024, Valdenice had already marked her place in the sport, by becoming the first Brazilian woman to win a speed medal at the Pan-American Canoeing Games, in the United States.

Mateus Nunes and Valdenice Conceição join Isaquias Queiroz and will compete in the 2024 Olympic Games as Flamengo athletes. 

On the afternoon of this Monday (22), the president of Flamengo Rodolfo Landim participated in the Charla Podcast. During the interview, the red-and-black president praised the efficiency of vice-president of football Marcos Braz and highlighted that the VP is the best in Brazil.

"I think Marcos Braz, in Brazil, is the most distinguished football director. If you look at the history of Flamengo's results and the victories, if we look at the past and the title that Flamengo had in 2009 in which they were at the forefront of football, the Copa do Brasil in 2006, fans will see that they are always ahead of all the moments of the club where he had great success in football, it's no wonder, because of his knowledge, because of his work", said Rodolfo Landim, president of Flamengo to Charla Podcast before concluding:

"The fan says that Flamengo doesn't have important staff and professionalism, but the professionals we put there are excellent market professionals. The proof is as follows, our Football Manager (Fabinho Soldado) has just been hired to be the whole powerful director of Corinthians. Our technical manager ended up being hired to be an assistant to the coach of the Brazilian team and so on", added the red-black president. b>

Although Rodolfo Landim states that Flamengohas qualified professionals in the football department, the red and black fans don't see it that way. This is because, recently Mais Querido took a hat from São Paulo for Marcos Antônio, a midfielder that the Rio club was negotiating with Lazio just over a month ago.

Negotiations with Claudinho continue to be hampered by Zenit, as Mais Querido does not wish to pay the amount requested by the Russian club. Furthermore, Rubro-Negro tries to convince West Ham to release Lucas Paquetá, but sees an obstacle in the negotiations due to the English team's high demand.