Last year, the red-black president received the businessman in Gávea. Textor went to his rival’s headquarters to watch the Brazilian under-20 classic.
People close to them say they have similar ideas. The conversation generally revolves around measures that can be taken to modernize and improve the quality of Brazilian football as a product.
Landim and Textor have mutual respect. The way they see football and the leadership they exercise means they have a closer relationship.
In addition to conversations about the market and football, there have already been conversations about Nilton Santos. At the beginning of last year, Landim’s idea was for Rio’s stadiums to serve everyone to relieve Maracanã.
Maracanã was also a character in this relationship. Vasco invited Botafogo to be an ally in the management of the stadium, but Textor preferred to refuse the proposal because he understood that Nilton Santos already met his demand and so as not to upset Landim, who is going through a legal battle with Cruz-Maltino in the bidding.
Landim and Textor were early allies in Libra. The two came to walk side by side in the discussion, but, later, the businessman broke with the group and formed a parallel group with Coritiba, Cruzeiro and Vasco.
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