The club will try to recover the Uruguayan before considering any negotiations. Flamengo has informed your staff in recent days that there is no need to put forward any proposals at this time.
Flamengo paid over 100 million reais to River Plate to buy the player in 2024. And he remains in coach Filipe Luís’ plans until further notice. His contract runs until 2028.
So much so that the board is not looking to replace the position and is content with the alternatives for the moment: Pulgar, Jorginho, Saúl and De La Cruz. Allan, from the last games, who should be traded.
This Friday, the blog revealed behind the scenes of De La Cruz’s disappointing season due to a joint problem in his left knee that worsened after a sprain.
The situation means that Flamengo has the possibility that De La Cruz enters the field for a few minutes, as in this last part of the season, but the difficulty of obtaining a sequence is great, due to the longer than average time to recover from knee pain between one match and another.
The injury dates back to the River Plate season and led to a specific protocol being put in place by Flamengo in the first half. Over time and the sequence of competitions, resistance to the application of preventive training and to the work of physiotherapists increased.
The solution, therefore, is to respect the player’s body. De La Cruz began trading his training for some matches. He went up to 10 days without taking the field to practice in order to play a match. It was also no longer used on synthetic lawns, so as not to aggravate the problem.
As a result, coach Filipe Luís found himself without being able to count on the midfielder, for whom Flamengo paid around 100 million reais in advance. Favorite of the locker room, the Uruguayan was embraced by his teammates and continued to be important for the good atmosphere. And also, in certain games.
But the limit was clear. On average, De La Cruz was able to use De La Cruz between 15 and 20 minutes, as happened during the recent stretch of matches. Normally, this significantly reduces the load volume during training between matches.
With the arrival of Jorginho and Saúl, Flamengo’s midfield now takes turns alongside Pulgar, who has recovered from his injury. And De la Cruz became a “plus”, participating in some matches, even losing spaces in others against the young Everton Araújo.
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