Flamengo advances by new signing; look

O Flamengo continues to move in the transfer market, and places the midfielder position as one of his priorities for this window. After a lot of trying by the Uruguayan De La Cruz, the management of the club from Rio goes after claudinhohalf of Zenit, and conversations have been moving forward in recent days. The information is from “Globo Esporte”.

After practically discarding the hiring of De La Cruz, Flamengo went all out on Claudinho, and with a lot of effort, he managed to convince the player to return to Brazil. The main argument put forward in the conversations is that the showcase for the Brazilian team would be greater playing in the country.

In view of this, the press already states that the club and the midfielder already have an agreement in place, and that now “only” Zenit’s release is missing. The price stipulated for the Russian team to grant the player is something close to R$ 90 million, which is not in the plans of the Carioca board to pay.

Even so, the difference between the budgets is not that big, since at the moment Mengão is willing to pay 16 million euros (R$ 83 million), but will have to convince Zenit top hats to reduce their initial request, which it is normally a complicated task.

Claudinho arrived in Russia in 2021, and since then he has played 60 games, having scored 15 goals and scored 14 assists in the period, while winning two Russian Championships and a Super Cup. This would be the club’s fourth signing for the current window, as Rossi, Luiz Araujo It is Allan arrived in the last few days.