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REVEALED AT VITÓRIA, DAVID LUIZ RETURNS TO BARRADÃO AFTER MORE THAN 11 MILLION IN RESALE

Player is the third defender who moved the most money in football

23 Jul 2024 | 18:58 |

The match between Vitória and Flamengo, scheduled for this Wednesday and valid for the last round of the first round of the Brazilian Championship, will mark the return of David Luiz to Barradão after 17 years. The player revealed at Fábrica de Talentos left Toca do Leão in February 2007, after being one of the highlights in the Serie C campaign the previous year.

After playing for Benfica, Chelsea, Paris Saint- Germain and Arsenal throughout almost 15 years in European football, David Luiz returned to Brazil to wear red and black, but from Rio de Janeiro. When the defender was announced by Flamengo, in 2021, Vitória was experiencing the drama of yet another relegation to the Third Division.

The crisis at the training club delayed the reunion, but with Vitória back among the elite of the national football, David Luiz returns home. Even if it's just to visit the stadium where he took his first steps in his professional career. The defender, now 37 years old, arrived at Toca do Leão when he was 14 and remained there until he was 20.

Série C and first sale

David Luiz debuted as a professional player at the age of 18, in 2005. But it was in the following season that the defender made history at the club as a fundamental player during the promotion campaign in Series C. At the time, he played alongside Wallace and Anderson Martins, also defenders. revealed at Toca do Leão.

David Luiz played for Barradão for the last time on January 28, 2007, when Vitória won 5-0 at Catuense, in a match valid for the fifth round of the Campeonato Baiano. That day, Rubro-Negro was lined up with: Rafael Córdova; Apodi, Sandro, David Luiz and Alysson (Anderson Rodrigues); Vanderson, Garrinchinha, Luiz Carlos Capixaba (Itacaré) and Cléber; Índio and Joãozinho (Pantico).

Days later, Vitória agreed a loan with Benfica, who had an option to buy the defender and exercised this right in May of the same year. That was the first of many transfers in David Luiz's career. He is the third defender who generated the most money in the history of football, according to the list on the website transfermarkt.

1-Josko Gvardiol: R$ 768 million in two transfers;

2-David Luiz: R$ 720 million in five transfers.

Red and black profit

Vitória pocketed just R$1.9 million when it loaned and sold David Luiz to Benfica in 2007. But he continued to profit from the defender because of FIFA's Solidarity Mechanism. The instrument has been in force since 2001 and was created to reward the investment made by clubs in training athletes.

The training period takes place between the ages of 12 and 23, and the club is entitled to 5% of future international negotiations, with the amount being proportional to the athlete's time with the team. In the case of David Luiz, the six years he spent at Toca do Leão are worth it.

After Benfica, the defender was traded to Chelsea, and from there he left to defend Paris Saint-Germain in the Until then, the biggest sale of a defender in the history of football: R$152 million. The defender also returned to the Blues in a new transfer that supplied the coffers of Toca do Leão.

Money received by Vitória in the David Luiz transfers:

Sale to Benfica (2007): R$1.9 million;

Sale to Chelsea (2011): R$2.1 million ;

Sale to PSG (2014): R$4.2 million;

Sale to Chelsea (2016): R$3.4 million;

Sale to Arsenal (2019): did not receive payment because they are clubs from the same country;

Exit to Flamengo (2021): free of charge.

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Ídolo histórico do Flamengo, Leandro voltou a demonstrar a forte ligação com o clube às vésperas de mais uma final de Libertadores. Em participação no MengoCast, da FlamengoTV, o ex-lateral não conteve as lágrimas ao mandar um recado emocionado ao elenco que enfrenta o Palmeiras neste sábado (29), no Monumental de Lima.

Leandro manda recado para elenco do Flamengo na Libertadores: "vocês vão vencer"

Leandro pediu que os jogadores pensem nos torcedores e nas famílias que acompanham o time, reforçando que garra, disposição e concentração serão fundamentais na decisão. Ao final, tomou pela emoção ao afirmar que acredita na conquista do título.

“Tenho muito orgulho do que vocês fizeram, fazem e vão continuar fazendo. Pensem na torcida, nos seus amigos, na sua família e em vocês mesmos. Muita garra, disposição, concentração e empenho, porque muita gente depende de vocês. A alegria dessa Nação”, disse, antes de se emocionar:

“Que ninguém se machuque, que seja um bom jogo. Vamos ganhar! Muita sorte, muita força. Para frente, Flamengo! Mengão até morrer! Vocês vão fazer um grande jogo, vão arrebentar, vocês vão vencer. Vamos com tudo.”

ÍDOLO ETERNO DO MENGÃO

Leandro fez toda a carreira pelo Flamengo e disputou 414 partidas com o Manto Sagrado. Considerado por muitos o melhor lateral da história do futebol brasileiro, fez parte da geração mais vitoriosa do clube, campeã da Libertadores e do Mundial de 1981, além de quatro Brasileiros, uma Copa do Brasil e cinco Cariocas.

FLAMENGO FECHA PREPARAÇÃO PARA A DECISÃO

O Flamengo conclui nesta sexta-feira (28), às 12h30 (de Brasília), no CT da seleção peruana, o último treino antes da final. Filipe Luís deve aproveitar a atividade para ajustar os detalhes e encaminhar a escalação que enfrenta o Palmeiras.

A principal dúvida segue na defesa: Léo Ortiz ainda tem chances de começar entre os titulares. No ataque, a disputa permanece aberta, com Carrascal, Luiz Araújo, Everton Cebolinha e Samuel Lino brigando por duas vagas ao lado de Bruno Henrique. A possível escalação do Flamengo para a final é: Rossi; Varela, Danilo, Léo Pereira e Alex Sandro; Pulgar, Jorginho e Arrascaeta; Carrascal, Cebolinha e Bruno Henrique.

REVEALED AT VITÓRIA, DAVID LUIZ RETURNS TO BARRADÃO AFTER MORE THAN 11 MILLION IN RESALE