Flamengo even had advanced negotiations for the player to be hired, but the Rio team made a decision in the meantime on the matter.
O Flamengo will no longer carry out the contracting of the attacker Luis Henriqueof Olympique de Marseille and former player of Botafogo. According to the information that was published by the portal “UOL”, the French were only accepting to release the athlete in case of sale, but as the objective of the carioca club was the loan, the parties did not reach an agreement.
It is worth remembering that the Flamengo he had already agreed with the player himself and his representative for a season loan, and was only waiting for the release of Olympique to proceed with the deal. The publication also highlights that until the afternoon of this Monday, 5th, the parties considered everything as practically certain.
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However, this scenario changed at night, when the business became unviable. At the moment in its squad, Flamengo can count on five forwards on its side, being Everton Ribeiro, Vitinho, Marine, Lazarus and Everton Chiveswhich is still unplayable and cannot debut before the 18th, when the transfer window opens.
At that moment when it showed interest in signing Luis Henrique, Flamengo entered the fight with Botafogo himself, who even presented his proposal to the French club last week, but ended up being informed that the striker had the preference of transferring for Red and Black.
Being dexterous, fast and with a lot of physical strength, Luis Henrique has the characteristic of playing on the sides of the attacking field. He would join the Rio de Janeiro team with the aim of making up for the lack of Bruno Henrique, who, after undergoing surgery, will only return to acting in 2023.
Right place?
With this withdrawal from the carioca club, another team appears as a possible destination for the player in the next season. That’s because the nantesfrom France, also wants to have him in their squad, and leaves in front of Flamengo because their objective is to buy the athlete, and not the loan as Rubro-Negro was trying to.
Someone out?
About that, Matheus França is in the sights of some European clubs, but will not leave Rubro-Negro for low values. O Bayer Leverkuseneven signaled an offer of 15 million euros, about R$ 82.8 million according to the current price, but the value was considered low by the Rio de Janeiro board.
According to information from the website “GE”, the idea of the Gávea team to release to Matheus França, who is only 18 years old, is that a negotiation from 25 million euros takes place. This would place the attacking midfielder among the biggest sales in Flamengo’s history. With the contract renewed in January, he has a contract until April 2027 and a release clause of 100 million euros.
Source: sportbuzz
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