Flamengo has suspended contract with Gabigol decided and slams the hammer on payment of salaries

Flamengo alongside Gabigol

O Flamengo He is already organizing himself together with Gabigol’s defense to represent the attacker at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The punishment can be overturned, but it can also increase to four years. The club believes he will be free.

Marcos Braz and other people from the red-black board want to talk to the number 10 to see how the player is mentally after receiving suspension. However, there are situations that need to be reviewed.

Internally at Flamengo, there are those who claim that Gabigol’s stance would harm him at some point. It is not the first time that number 10 has taken this type of stance during the anti-doping test.

A discussion with Marcos Braz in the Maracanã locker room last year, it happened because of this. Despite all this, Mengão will not benefit from the Pelé Law, to suspend the striker’s contract and stop paying his wages.

Will the contract be suspended?

According to the Pelé Law, the Gabigol contract with Flamengo is automatically suspended during the period of the sentence, which results in the payment of the player’s salary being interrupted.

However, due to the good relationship it has with the striker, the club does not intend to do that. By the contract, and via fulfilling all the agreement and payments. Furthermore, he wants a renewal if the sentence is served.

Gabriel will file a suspension request as soon as the punishment decision is published by the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ACBD). To date, publication has not yet occurred. Everything indicates that it may take an interval of two to three weeks after the application is formalized.

If everything goes as planned, Gabigol will be able to return to Flamengo’s spaces. It is worth remembering that, with this suspension, shirt 10 cannot work at Ninho do Urubu, Gávea or any other CRF facility.

More details about Gabigol’s suspension

During the trial, an officer from the testing team testified that he saw Gabigol’s urine coming out of her urethra, eliminating any suspicion of fraud. The club and the player’s defense intend to present this statement to CAS.

The security images from Ninho do Urubu will also be presented again by the athlete’s defense. The attacker would have arrived at CT Ninho do Urubu at 8am and, shortly afterwards, began his muscle exercises, while the testing team arrived about an hour later, around 9am.

According to reports from people at the trial, one of the four officers appeared confused and presented inconsistencies in his testimony, as reported by ESPN.

The agent first reported that the team arrived at the CT before the player, and then claimed that, in fact, Gabigol was already in physiotherapy when they arrived. This was the entire chronological order of the facts.