Walking towards the end of the last term at the head of FlamengoRodolfo Landim, in an interview with Ge, chose the best signing he made at the club during his work as president.
The leader considered other names, but chose Arrascaeta as the main one, for claiming that, if the Uruguayan went wrong, the blame would fall on the board’s shoulders.
“In terms of players, there are several. It’s very difficult. Who was the most important player we had in 2019? Football is a team sport. If I were to tell you who my chosen one was, who I did the most to be able to sign , it was Arrascaeta. I had seen Arrascaeta take us out of two championships and I had a great desire to bring him in. But those eight signings were hugely successful. greatest player of 2019 was Bruno Henriquethe idol was the Gabigol. But what Pablo Marí and Rodrigo Caio played was absurd. O Everton Ribeiro He wasn’t a signing, but he performed exceptionally well. It’s difficult to select a player. But the one I was most involved in hiring was Arrascaeta. This is the mistake the president is entitled to make, and if it goes wrong, it’s my fault. I wanted to sign him because I’ve believed in his football for a long time.”
The director also highlighted the investment made by De La CruzArrascaeta’s compatriot, due to the high amount invested and the way Flamengo took the midfielder from River Plate: in cash.
“Just remember that we paid De la Cruz in cash because we had to deposit the fine of 15 million euros and, in cash, we didn’t have any major signings. But we brought the Arrascaeta per 18 million euros and Gabriel for 16.5 million euros. There were several players we signed at the same level. The difference with this one (De La Cruz) is that we needed to have cash. We bought the others half-financed. We hadn’t reached the financial level we are at.”
Since 2019, Landim has disbursed more than R$ 1 billion in reinforcements. At the beginning of the season, they were R$ 191 million. In the last window of the term, Landim and the board are keeping an eye on more reinforcements for Flamengo.
“We understand that we have a pretty good squad now. Of course we will keep looking. It’s a continuous process that we carry out to evaluate the performance of our players. When we put together the squad, it was for this reason. I hope there are no injuries and that all the players are well until the second window. We will see the performance evaluation and see if there are injuries, how the squad is. Yes, we may go to the market in the second window to do something”, completed.
Finally, Landim took stock of management in relation to football. The president believes it is the best phase in the entire history of Rubro-Negro.
“I’m going to take stock of football. When I took over, we had 58 years of experience. CONMEBOL Libertadores, and Flamengo had played in a final, which they had won. We are going to the sixth Libertadores in a row. Of those five years, we played in three finals and won two. O Brazilian championship it had existed for 48 years, and we had been champion six times, even considering the Zico era. This averages out to one championship every eight years. We’ve been here five years and we’ve won twice.”
