From interviews at Lima’s Estadio Monumental, to the party given to the electric trio upon his arrival in Rio, Filipe Luis’ rejuvenation has been the main story at Flamengo after winning the Libertadores.
The cast was responsible for generating the greatest expectations and exerting some kind of pressure on the board of directors, which refused to speak. The coach, in turn, remained silent on the subject and expressed some discomfort.
At the head of the truck, in central Rio, Arascaeta, who recently renewed his contract, asked Felipe to extend the contract that expires in December.
Jose Boto, the football director and enthusiast of the idea, passed the ball to the coach to speak to the fans. But the red and black leader focused on the party without making speeches. Behavior is not by chance.
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Negotiations with Flamengo have not yet gone beyond the initial stage, which is discussing values. There is still no recorded documentation to move the matter forward at the end of the year.
It was all really over after the title fight. With achievements, the expected appreciation is greater. Everyone in the club directs the matter to the person in charge: the president.
Although he expressed optimism about a happy ending, Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bab, explained that some rough edges needed to be ironed out.
The agent stated that he had been treating the renovation process as a long-term project since April, but the negotiation part had not yet progressed.
Businessman Jorge Mendes, who had already left a financial offer with Flamengo, was feeling stagnant while waiting for the results, with the interests of European markets at stake.
New rounds of talks are scheduled to take place in the next few days. Pape passed the ball to Felipe, saying that if he wanted to stay, the club would do everything possible, but there was no one bigger than Flamengo.
In other words, it is not yet clear whether Felipe’s plan, given the achievements achieved at the end of the season, is to travel to Europe or try to repeat the rare achievement achieved with Flamengo in just over a year.
If it depends on the Flamengo lineup, in the board of directors, may Filipe Luis live, with a high fine and renewal until 2027.
But in football, everyone knows that the appreciation of their main captain will be a condition for a future that is still open.
With revenues of over R$1 billion, it remains to be seen if Flamengo will organize itself and understand Filipe Luis as their main asset.