Barcelona enters competition for Flamengo target
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Even with financial difficulties, Barcelona is aware that it needs to make purchases in the current transfer window to reinforce the squad that Hansi Flick will lead next season. In 2023/24, Xavi Hernández, then coach, had to replace Gavi, Pedri and De Jong simultaneously due to absences. He had to improvise with defender Andreas Christensen.
So Barça is aware of its options and is thinking about Joshua Kimmich, from Bayern Munich, or Mikel Merino, from Real Sociedad, but both are difficult to sign. If the first two deals do not happen, a third option was presented this Monday (15).
According to the Catalan newspaper Sport, this is the Brazilian Wendel, who is a member of the Fluminense academy and has been He has been a Flamengo target for a long time. The midfielder, who is currently at Zenit with a contract until June 2027, can be sold for 20 million euros according to the Russian club's demands.
Galatasaray could not pay that amount, which was the even though Zenit paid Sporting in 2020 to sign him. The Culés team, led by president Joan Laporta and sporting director Deco, considers the Brazilian midfielder as an alternative option to midfielder Guido Rodríguez, who was from Betis and now has no contract and was being released in Catalonia.
In the almost four years he played for Zenit, Wendel was a midfielder with a good approach to the attacking field and scored 20 goals and provided 25 assists.
Also according to the portal, the player would prefer to be seen as a plan B by the club's sports team than Guido Rodríguez, who the club wants.
Teams face each other next Thursday in the Libertadores quarter-finals
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The Peñarol (URU) team was excited from the beginning of the trip to Rio de Janeiro, where they will face Flamengo, in the quarter-finals of the Libertadores. In addition to cheering the players on the flight towards the 'Marvelous City', the Uruguayans posted a montage of Christ the Redeemer with the club's flag.
As soon as they landed on Rio de Janeiro soil, the Uruguayan club published an image of a of the city's main tourist attractions. In addition to the photo, the team wrote the following message: “Peñarol em Rio”, alluding to Rock In Rio. Afterwards, a video showing the arrival of the athletes at Galeão Airport was also published.
Peñarol reached the quarterfinals of the Libertadores after beating The Strongest (BOL) in the round of 16. In the first game, the Uruguayan team defeated their opponent 4-0. On the way back, the Bolivian team even won by a score of 1-0, however, it was not enough to take away the classification of Diego Aguirre's men.
Before the game against Flamengo, Peñarol played in the Championship Uruguayan. On Saturday (14), Rubro-Negro's opponent beat Rampla (URU), by a score of 4 to 0. Given this situation, they remained undefeated in the national tournament.
And the red- black?Flamengo is coming off a bitter draw with Vasco on Sunday (15), however, they will have reinforcements for this Thursday's duel (19). Recovered from a thigh injury, De La Cruz is back in the team. In addition to the Uruguayan, Alex Sandro, Alcaraz and Gonzalo Plata were registered in the competition and, as a result, will be included in the clash.
Eduardo Paes uses his social network profile to deny the article
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Last Tuesday, the candidate for re-election for mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, denied the journalist Ancelmo Gois, from Globo. In a post on Instagram, the mayor informed that the city hall will be responsible for removing the megastructure on the gas meter site, different from what was reported. Furthermore, he guaranteed that Flamengo will have its new stadium, with the best conditions and security.
The news published by Ancelmo informs that Flamengo would have to pay R$100 million to remove a large gas structure present on land acquired by the club, which is owned by CEG and CEG-Rio, which are companies that are part of the gas concessionaire Naturgy.
According to the article, the companies were informed that Flamengo is the responsible for bearing the expenses, as provided for in one of the annexes to the land purchase and transfer contract. The clause, however, does not have a specified limit.
Paes stated that the values for the transfer of the structure are different from what was pointed out in the article by Ancelmo Gois. Furthermore, it exempted Flamengo from any responsibility, and that the city hall has been planning to remove it for years.
“They are making me defend @flamengo more than I would like: let it be clear that this is not the The cost of this transfer and when it happens will be the responsibility of the city of Rio, which knows that this structure cannot be in an area that is already receiving so many residential buildings. It's been in our plans for a long time! Flamengo will have its new stadium there in the gasometer with all the quality and safety that the region demands and deserves. Period!”, published the mayor.
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