Braz explains taking Flamengo's No 10 off Gabigol after Corinthians row | OneFootball

Gabigol lost Flamengo’s No. 10 shirt after controversial incident

Marcos Braz detailed a controversy involving Gabigol during the period when both were at Flamengo. Speaking on the Charla Podcast, the club’s former football director explained how he decided to take the No. 10 away from the striker after the fallout from an episode involving a Corinthians shirt.

— I got there and told his staff: “have him apologize. Then I’ll see what I do.” His staff denied it to me. Then I said: “look, the report I have is that he was wearing it. Tell him to apologize.” I went to sleep. His staff did the opposite. The next day I woke up and there was training. Before arriving at Flamengo’s training center, I called someone who was his agent: “he was wearing the shirt. I’m on my way to the training center. I expect that by the time I get there, that apology will already have been formally made to the press” —, he said.

— When I got to the training center, there still hadn’t been any movement. I asked them to call Gabriel. I said: “Gabriel, Flamengo’s No. 10 has a certain tradition. Starting today, you will no longer wear it.” Then he asked me to give him a bigger fine, to do whatever it took not to take it away. I told him it had already been taken away. I had been talking to Landim and I informed Landim: “Landim, he’s not going to play with the No. 10 anymore.” Because they wanted me to do A, B, C, or D. I said: “look, I’m going to do it in the way I am absolutely sure will be the most painful for him in terms of making him understand.” I don’t want to harm anyone. But at that moment he had to understand what he was representing on the field. It was different —, Marcos Braz concluded.

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Now at Santos, Gabigol is considered by many one of Flamengo’s greatest recent idols. However, the striker was involved in controversies during his time at the club. One of them came to light in May 2024, when a photo of the player wearing a Corinthians shirt leaked on social media and caused a major backlash.

At first, the player denied the image was real, but confirmation came shortly afterward. Faced with the situation, Flamengo took internal action and began treating the case as a disciplinary matter amid outside pressure.

As a result, the club took the No. 10 shirt from Gabigol, fined him, and determined that the striker would not wear the number again. After that, Arrascaeta took over the number, while Gabriel Barbosa began wearing No. 99.

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