Marcos Braz opens up on Gabigol relationship after Flamengo row | OneFootball

My relationship with him was always good, within the limits of Flamengo’s interests. I’m not friends with A, B, or C — not Gabigol, no, with nobody when I was in the position, beyond the limits of Flamengo’s interests. And with Gabigol, it was the same too. I always had a good relationship with him, he knows how important I was in bringing him in, he knows the effort I made to sign him. It was a signing that worked out very well — not well, very well. A two-time Libertadores champion and with so many other titles, a player who scored three goals in Libertadores finals, he had his importance. Now, I also think he didn’t need to do that at that moment, at a time when Flamengo had just won the Copa do Brasil against a historic rival at that rival’s home ground, the first title inside Arena MRV, so it was certainly unnecessary for him to voice some of his views at that moment. It didn’t shake anything in relation to anything, for me this thing of trying to turn me against this or that group of fans, I always did what I thought I had to do, I always tried to be fair. With him too, I’m absolutely sure I was extremely fair, he knows that, he knows the difficulties we had there in that renewal process, in which, in the middle of that process, the doping issue happened. I’m not using it as an excuse, because Gabriel’s renewal talks started long before that doping episode too, but from the moment you’re in a long renewal process or not, and certain kinds of incidents happen, that starts to weigh on things, that starts to get in the way,” he said in an interview with ‘Paparazzo Rubro-Negro’.

It was my last final. I’m not staying at Flamengo. It was a turbulent year for me individually, there was the doping issue, then a coach who didn’t respect me as a player. During those moments, I never tried to express that in any way, but it was a horrible period for me. But I always worked, I always tried to improve. I always tried to show him that I could help in some way. (I’m) very emotional, I have a lot of affection for Flamengo. Now it’s about making the most of these remaining matches and being able to say goodbye properly to the fans. I’m not staying at Flamengo, in recent years there were negotiations, the president, the board, shook my hand, my father’s, my mother’s, and then things happened that I really didn’t like. I always found things out through podcasts, never personally. I spoke with Marcos Braz about staying for two, three years, but Flamengo never made an offer,” Gabigol said.

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