“Shameless, arrogant and hypocritical”: Pedrinho lays into BAP | OneFootball

Vasco president did not hold back after Flamengo filed a complaint with ANRESF to question the rival’s financial health

Flamengo’s move to trigger the National Agency for Football Regulation and Sustainability (ANRESF) this Tuesday (18) to question Vasco’s financial health stirred things up behind the scenes. This Wednesday (19), the president of the Cruzmaltino side, Pedrinho, responded to the developments and fired off a series of harsh insults at the Rubro-Negro chairman, Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap.

Trying to clarify the target of his attacks, Pedrinho said the criticism was aimed exclusively at BAP as a person and not at Flamengo as an institution. The trigger for the Cruzmaltino president’s remarks came precisely after statements from the Rubro-Negro board about the real state of the Vasco SAF’s finances, turning a legal review into a public feud.

— I’m going to talk about BAP the person. Zero institution (Flamengo), okay? I’m talking specifically about BAP. He has no character, he’s arrogant, overbearing, conceited, and hypocritical. Hypocritical because he uses the line: “I’m doing this for the good of the Brazilian Championship. It’s so the Brazilian Championship has equality and a legal process.” That’s when it doesn’t involve the club he represents — said Pedrinho, before continuing:

— Because when it does involve the club he represents, like, for example, the division of Libra revenues, he’s the first one to step up, sit in the chair, and say he’s going to fight for Flamengo’s rights. Why doesn’t he think about the Brazilian Championship then? Doesn’t it matter for that? Does it only matter when it’s not his team? Isn’t it the other teams? So he’s a hypocrite — he concluded during the Vasco delegation’s departure for Asunción, Paraguay.

DID HE ACCUSE THEM OF PERSECUTION?

In addition to insulting BAP, Pedrinho also aimed harsh criticism at the Rubro-Negro president’s stance and described the complaint as clear persecution of the institution. The Vasco chairman said the rival is acting irresponsibly by meddling in São Januário’s management.

FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY UNDER SCRUTINY?

Flamengo’s board filed the official complaint with ANRESF to demand a rigorous review of Vasco’s judicial recovery process and emergency financing. In the document, the Rubro-Negro leadership points to a clear administrative inconsistency, highlighting that the rival claims to be struggling to pay current obligations while, on the other hand, continuing to make significant offers for new players on the market.

Given this scenario, Flamengo is calling for the immediate implementation of stricter financial fair play rules. In the view of the Rubro-Negro board, financial relief mechanisms should serve exclusively to preserve basic operations, never to inflate squads, a practice that ends up upsetting the economic balance of the national competition.

Finally, the statement stresses that using emergency credit and debt as a sporting shortcut creates dangerous asymmetry and a competitive gap. In this way, besides directly penalizing institutions that keep their finances in order, such conduct ends up compromising the very fairness and credibility of the championship.

HOW MUCH DID VASCO SPEND IN THE CURRENT WINDOW?

In the current transfer window, Vasco signed two players from Argentine football: defensive midfielder Santiago Sosa, formerly of Racing (ARG), and forward Facundo Colidio, formerly of River Plate (ARG). In total, the São Januário club invested approximately R$ 60 million.

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