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15 Jul 2024 | 17:28 |
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One of Colombia's highlights in the Copa América runner-up campaign and champion with Palmeiras, Richard Ríos is in the spotlight in the transfer market. The athlete can be sold for a value above R$100 million, which contrasts and exposes Fla's errors in evaluation with the player, who received a value 100 times less per half revealed in his base.
The work of Flamengo with Richard Ríos draws attention due to the change in evaluation of the athlete. The club signed the young man in mid-2019 due to his success in his country's futsal team and approved him after two months of adapting to the field. However, despite his prominence and praise from the fans, directors decided to release him on loan to give preference to other names.
Still young, at just 24 years old, the athlete is speculated as a possible major transfer to Europe two years after leaving Flamengo for free. Palmeiras states that they have no interest in negotiating him and, therefore, the only way is to pay a fine of more than 20 million euros (R$ 118.6 million).
As there is still a percentage, Fla would also receive it in a possible transfer in this window. In a possible deal worth 20 million euros, the 6% would represent 1.2 million euros (R$7.1 million). In addition, the club has 1 to 1.5% through FIFA's solidarity mechanism, between R$ 1.1 and 1.7 million. But it's worth remembering that Palmeiras guaranteed that the fine is even bigger.
Richard Ríos at Flamengo
Richard debuted at red-black professional already in 2020, in classics against Vasco and Fluminense with an under-20 team in Carioca. He then returned to the team only for the match against Palmeiras in the Brasileirão, a game in which the team suffered absences due to Covid-19 and entered with a formation full of young players from the base. Even with a good performance, he was not used in the main team for the rest of the year.
Flamengo understood that Richard Ríos was behind João Gomes and Hugo Moura in the squad hierarchy. Thus, as the Colombian reached the age of under-20 at the beginning of 2021, the club decided to loan him to Mazatlán, from Mexico.
In the Mexican team, the midfielder suffered a serious injury to the anterior cruciate ligament of his knee law and spent seven months without acting. Upon returning the following year, the athlete was informed that he was not in Paulo Sousa's plans and began to train separately, a situation that did not change with the arrival of Dorival Júnior.
Choice by João Gomes and Hugo Moura
Preferring Richard Ríos for João Gomes and Hugo Moura did not prove to be the best decision, at least not for both of them. The first gave technical and financial returns, winning the Libertadores and Copa do Brasil as a starter and was sold to Wolverhampton for R$ 103.2 million. And, in addition, he can still make a profit via transfer in Europe.
Hugo, however, did not prove to be the player he was expected to be at Flamengo and did not justify being ahead of Richard in the club's evaluation. He participated in the 2019 squad, but only played with Abel Braga and did not play in any game with Jorge Jesus. He was loaned in 2020 and left the club permanently in 2022.
The midfielder generated R$6.6 million when he went to Athletico-PR and then R$5 million via transfer to Vasco . It returned a total of R$11.6 million to Fla's coffers, a value approximately 90% lower than what Richard Ríos is worth.
Fans fear that Flamengo will repeat Shola's mistake
Many red and black fans claim to be seeing the board make the same mistake this season. This is because, highlighted by the red and black under-20s, Nigerian striker Shola is in the final stretch of his contract and is not expected to renew with Flamengo. The board has not made any moves so far, and the uncertainty has attracted interest from other Brazilian clubs, such as Atlético-MG.
The purchase option to keep the player is 500 thousand dollars, equivalent to R$2 .7 million at the current price.
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Mengão takes victory to the return game against the Argentines that takes place on the 25th, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), at the Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium
18 Set 2025 | 23:24 |
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Flamengo defeated Argentina's Estudiantes 2-1 at the Maracanã Stadium . The red-and-black team decided the match in the first half with goals from Pedro and Varela. Mengão gave Estudiantes no time to breathe in Rio de Janeiro with a lightning goal.
Just 15 seconds in, Pedro capitalized on a pass from Plata, turned on his marker, and fired a left-footed shot to open the scoring. The quick goal undermined Argentina's strategy and galvanized the Rio de Janeiro team, who continued to press. A few minutes later, Ayrton Lucas crossed from the left and Varela hit a beautiful volley into Muslera's corner, extending the red-and-blacks' lead in the first half.
Even with a two-goal lead, Flamengo maintained control and nearly made it three with Pedro, whose shot was spectacularly saved by the Uruguayan goalkeeper. Estudiantes , for their part, barely threatened Rossi's goal and only managed to partially level the score in the final minutes of the first half . The feeling at Maracanã was that the 2-0 scoreline was a cheap one for the visitors.
In the second half, the pace dropped. Coach Eduardo Domínguez made substitutions, trying to give the Argentine team more momentum, but he ran into the red-and-black defense. The match was not without its tense moments, with cards for Saúl, Samuel Lino, and Alexis Castro, and Plata's sending-off after a second yellow card in a dispute with Facundo Rodríguez . At the end of the second half, Estudiantes scored in the 46th minute to leave the match open in Argentina.
With the 2-1 victory, Flamengo takes the lead in the quarterfinals of the Libertadores. The return leg is scheduled for the 25th, at 9:30 pm, at the Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium, in Argentina. Before that, the team led by Tite faces Vasco next Sunday (21), for the Brazilian Championship, again at Maracanã.
Striker scores after 14 seconds against Estudiantes, surpassing the records of former players and consolidating himself as one of the club's top scorers
18 Set 2025 | 22:53 |
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Forward Pedro needed just 14 seconds to open the scoring for Flamengo against Estudiantes in a Copa Libertadores quarterfinal match. The lightning strike became the Rubro-Negro's fastest goal in the competition's history , surpassing Gerson's record and also surpassing Lucas Paquetá's historic mark, which held the club's fastest goal in an official match.
Until then, Flamengo 's fastest goal in the Libertadores was Gerson's, who had scored after 56 seconds against Bolívar, in 2024. Even so, in the current edition of the tournament, Pedro's goal was the second fastest overall , behind only Artur's goal, from Botafogo, which shook the net against LDU after 13 seconds in the round of 16.
293 games
148 goals
35 assists
According to an investigation by Gazeta do Urubu, the club's board intends to renew the contracts of Filipe Luís and Arrascaeta in 2025. Pedro and goalkeeper Rossi are expected to have their contracts extended next season. Internally, there's no sign of the striker's dissatisfaction with the club.
After beating Estudiantes at Maracanã this Thursday (18), Mengão faces Vasco next Sunday (21), for the Brazilian Championship. The match takes place again at the Rio de Janeiro team's stadium.
The striker opens the scoring against Estudiantes at a packed Maracanã stadium, reaching his 150th goal in the red and black jersey and consolidating an important milestone in the Libertadores Cup
18 Set 2025 | 22:37 |
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Flamengo won an important chapter this Wednesday (18), in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores . After just 15 seconds, Pedro scored against Estudiantes at a packed Maracanã, opening the scoring for the Rio de Janeiro team. The goal not only guaranteed an initial advantage in the duel but also marked the striker's 150th goal with the red-black shirt , equaling Bebeto in eighth place among the greatest scorers in the club's history.
The goal against Argentina also represented Pedro's 26th for Flamengo in the Copa Libertadores, a figure that puts him behind only Gabigol, with 30 goals, in the club's all-time rankings in the tournament . Furthermore, the number 9 became the third-highest Brazilian scorer in the continental competition.
According to information obtained by Gazeta do Urubu, the club's management intends to renew the contracts of Filipe Luís and Arrascaeta in 2025. Pedro and goalkeeper Rossi are expected to have their contracts extended next season . Internally, there is no dissatisfaction surrounding the number 9.
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