Braz blasts Marcão over Gerson leaving Flamengo: “Liar or a kid” | OneFootball

What did Marcos Braz, former Flamengo vice president of football, say?

Flamengo’s political and administrative scene has become the stage for an intense exchange of accusations involving directors, former directors, and Marcão, the father and agent of midfielder Gerson. This Sunday (05), in fact, Marcos Braz, the former vice president of the red-and-black club, broke his silence to respond to the recent criticism he has received, raising the tone of the discussion about the behind-the-scenes details of the player’s sale.

One of the reasons behind this mess revolves around Gerson’s transfer to Olympique de Marseille (FRA) in 2021. After being the target of harsh criticism from Marcão, who even called members of Flamengo’s board cowards, Marcos Braz decided to break his silence.

WHAT DID MARCOS BRAZ SAY ABOUT MARCÃO’S BEHAVIOR?

“Flamengo needed to sell Gerson because of the pandemic. I want to remind you that the pandemic arrived in Brazil in March 2020. Gerson was sold in the middle of 2021. When he attributes the start of Gerson’s sale to 2019, he is lying. Today, I am a federal congressman in Rio de Janeiro. My term came like Gabigol’s goal, in the 43rd minute of the second half. My agenda is a different one. But when I hear a falsehood like that, I need to speak up. Speaking of the negotiation, in 2021, unlike what Marcão says, that it started in 2019, I would like to remind you, Marcão, that you already brought everything ready. You had already negotiated salary and contract length with Olympique de Marseille and wanted Flamengo to sell the player for any price, at any moment, shoved down our throats. Anyone who knows me knows that this would hardly happen with me,” Marcos Braz continued.

The former Flamengo executive used an emphatic tone to deny Marcão’s claims that Flamengo had forced the player’s departure because of the pandemic in 2019.

WHAT IS THE CONTEXT OF THE ‘FEUD’?

The tension reached its breaking point after Flamengo filed a lawsuit against Marcão’s company, FGM. The club alleges breaches of contractual clauses in Gerson’s transfer to Zenit (RUS) in 2025, claiming that the player had already signed with the Russian team before formally terminating his contract with the Rubro-Negro.

During a recent interview on the ‘Bulldog Show’ podcast, the player’s father decided to vent. On that occasion, Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, Flamengo’s current president, was the target of harsh accusations. In addition to the current president, the management of Marcos Braz, former head of red-and-black football operations, was also attacked, exposing old grievances over the handling of the 2021 transfer.

According to Marcão, there was no wrongdoing whatsoever. Gerson’s father and agent claims that the current board is using the case to divert attention from internal problems and damage his image with the fans. He therefore argues that the decisions at the time were imposed by the club, rejecting the narrative that he forced the move.

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