Flamengo’s football command understands that the Carioca club needs the two strikers it has; But, for Sampaoli, shirt number 9 became the third option
After approaching the Zenitfrom the Russiawho wants to pay 25 million euros (R$ 131.7 million) to have Pedrothe football command of the Flamengo still does not intend to sell the shirt 9 of the red-black. The striker may even leave next season, if an interesting proposal arrives, but, at the moment, the board understands that it is important for the striker to remain in the squad.
The main reason is the finals of the Brazil’s Cupwhich Flamengo plays against São Paulo on the 17th and 24th of September. For the club department, Mengão has only two strikers, Gabigol and Peter.
Already Jorge Sampaoli understand different. In the last few games, Flamengo’s number 9 became the third attack option. In the match against Guild and against the coritiba, Bruno Henrique occupied the position when Gabigol was replaced by Luiz Araujo. But, in addition to the Copa do Brasil finals, Flamengo seeks to stay alive in the Brazilian championshipbeing 13 points behind the leader.
Recently, Pedro has been attracting attention from clubs abroad, such as Lyon, who polled the attacker. Besides him, the Al Hilal also showed interest, with a salary six times higher than the striker receives at Flamengo. O Benfica also expressed interest in the striker.
Source: sportbuzz
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