Marcos Leonardo deal collapses, São Paulo ultras slam board: shambles | OneFootball

Carlos Belmonte, Tricolor's football director (Instagram)

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And perhaps the most forceful message of the fans' frustration comes precisely from the organized supporters. As soon as it was made official that Tricolor had not reached an agreement with the striker, Henrique Gomes, known as Baby, the main leader of Independente, took to his social media to speak out.

Baby accused the leaking of information about the negotiations as the main reason for the failure to sign Marcos Leonardo. He also called for the resignation of the entire football board of the club, led by Carlos Belmonte.

"Anyone who believed that Arabs were meeting at 3 a.m. must be very naive in the hands of these sensationalists. And another thing, these board members who just enjoy privileges because of their power and disrespect the fans. At no time did they show their faces after the rumors of the deal being leaked.

They're all jokers who should be fired from their positions.

Baby also attacked the press, which he claims is responsible for feeding false hope to São Paulo fans.

"SÃO PAULO FANS, you don't deserve a board and media putting on a show. Here's the truth: There was no meeting until the last minute. There were no more expectations today, unless something very exceptional happened, which wasn't even attempted. They started asking for money we don't have and it got complicated. I don't know where these people from websites, blogs, YouTube get these things from. I even hope it's someone from the board deceiving them too, because that would be very dishonest," he pointed out.

Before the official confirmation that Marcos Leonardo would not come, Baby had already used his social media to vent and attack Belmonte's department.

"After the leak, the board should have come forward to explain that this would be a very difficult signing, so as not to mislead the fans - all the press and blogs with biased information. ASK THEM TO LEAVE," he pointed out.

"The entire football department needs to be fired - a bunch of incompetents. The end. It ended in a mess. If the information hadn't leaked, maybe today we would have signed Marcos Leonardo. It's a shame what these guys are doing to the SPFC institution," he concluded.

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