Flamengo v Mirassol: Luiz Araújo set for reunion with ‘millions’ | OneFootball

Sale of Luiz Araújo allowed Mirassol to reform training center

After being eliminated from the Copa do Brasil, Flamengo is now focusing on the Brasileirão, a competition treated as a priority this season. This Saturday (09), the Rubro-Negro will host Mirassol at the Maracanã with their main team, which includes Luiz Araújo, a striker who changed the history of the São Paulo interior club.

The trajectory between the player and the club began in 2013, when former player Edmílson, a five-time world champion, noticed the talent of young Luiz Araújo in Taquaritinga and took him for tests at Mirassol's base. After standing out, the striker was negotiated with São Paulo, but the interior team kept 30% of the player's economic rights.

In 2017, when São Paulo sold Araújo to Lille (FRA), Mirassol received R$ 11 million thanks to the economic rights. Soon after, they used the value to reform the training center and reorganize the team's finances, which didn't even have a division.

Therefore, a decade later, Mirassol is playing in the Série A of the Brazilian Championship for the first time in the club's history, has a training center that is a reference in the country, and invested millions in a reform at the José Maria de Campos Maia stadium, the Maião.

Thus, starting at 6:30 PM (Brasília time), Luiz Araújo and his former club will face each other at the Maracanã for the 19th round of the Brasileirão. However, it's not the first reunion between them, as in 2017, still playing for São Paulo, the striker drew 2-2 with Mirassol in the Paulistão, but without the "law of the former player".

Will there be a "law of the former player" this time?

Spared by Filipe Luís in the last two games, Luiz Araújo is having a standout season at Flamengo. This is because the number 7 jersey is the team's second-highest scorer, with nine goals, and has seven assists. If he scores against Mirassol, it's possible that he won't celebrate, as he did against São Paulo in the 13th round.

Where to watch the Flamengo game?

With Luiz Araújo available, the Flamengo game against Mirassol is a Premiere transmission, on pay-per-view. As usual, Coluna do Fla will bring all the information about the duel directly from the stadium.

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