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Leila Pereira talked practically only about Flamengo on a Palmeiras podcast

Palmeiras president Leila Pereira appeared on a PalmeirasTV podcast aimed at Palmeiras fans. However, she practically spoke only about Flamengo. At one point, the executive admitted she wants to pull the club out of Libra, and she blames the “Real Madrid of the Americas,” a term she used ironically.

— Palmeiras’ goal is to leave Libra. It’s not that Palmeiras will move to FFU (Futebol Forte União). I’m going to wait for the next steps of the future league organized by the CBF. Shortly after I became Palmeiras president, back in 2022, the clubs met in São Paulo with the goal of organizing a single league, Libra. Today, I realize that, at that time, I was very romantic —, Leila Pereira began.

— I thought that, with that meeting, we would be able to organize a championship together. A sweet mistake, a sweet illusion. The clubs don’t get along. Each one pulls more to its own side, each one wants to earn more than the other, and it just doesn’t work. So two leagues were formed, which are actually two economic blocs to negotiate broadcast rights. The league needs the CBF, because each club wants something different. There’s even a club that thinks it’s the Real Madrid of the Americas —, the executive added in an interview with Palmeiras’ channel.

WHY IS LEILA PEREIRA UPSET?

Leila Pereira’s frustration comes after Flamengo secured R$ 150 million, to be paid over four years, from the sale of Libra’s broadcast rights. Although she was against this payment to Mengão, the president signed the document approving it, understanding that the measure would be better for all the teams in the group. Even so, the executive wants to leave the bloc.

WAS IT ALL ABOUT FLAMENGO ON PALMEIRASTV?

Besides mocking the “Real Madrid of the Americas,” Leila Pereira spoke about Flamengo at several other points in the interview. The president commented on Mengão’s partnership with Fluminense in managing the Maracanã and also questioned the Rubro-Negro’s agreement for the stadium to host concerts. Lastly, the Palmeiras leader joked about the journalists who defend the four-time Libertadores champion in the media.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.