Flamengo’s negotiations for a partnership with a Portuguese club have cooled down in recent months, amid the electoral dispute in the red and black. Talking to the Leixõesfrom Portugal’s second division, however, may be resumed depending on the definition in the election for the presidency of the Brazilian team.
Conversations with the potential Portuguese partner had been evolving this year. The alternative that the Rio club offered was shared administration at Leixões for a few years, with an option to purchase in the contract, said president Rodolfo Landim in an interview with InfoMoney.
According to the president, the statement by an opposition candidate stating that he would discontinue the project if elected made the Portuguese club back down.
Continues after advertising
In an interview with Lance!, candidate Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, stated that, if elected, he would abort and cancel the negotiation “at whatever stage it is”.
“The club there [Leixões] He sent a letter saying that, given the statements and the political situation, he would wait until the end of the elections”, says Landim. According to the executive, if the current candidate, Rodrigo Dunshee, is elected, “certainly” negotiations will resume at the beginning of next year.
The strategy designed by the current president is to use a Portuguese club as a showcase for young players. Today, Portugal is one of the main negotiators of Brazilian football athletes, a kind of warehouse for the main shelves of European football. The idea would be.
Continues after advertising
“I would spend two years just managing it, without spending anything,” says Landim. “And in the acquisition, the value is much lower than what we paid to sign an average-cost player. Maybe around 3 or 4 million euros.”
