Flamengo chief breaks silence on Ryan Roberto row, eyes future | OneFootball

Ryan Roberto has been sidelined since April due to a lack of an agreement over a contract renewal with Flamengo

With difficulties renewing Ryan Roberto’s contract, Flamengo decided to keep the forward out of the under-20 team’s matches. In addition, the player is training separately while his future remains undefined. This Wednesday (10), Mengão youth director Alfredo Almeida spoke about the 18-year-old player.

— Ryan’s situation has been handed over to the professional football department. I will have the pleasure of speaking, institutionally, about Ryan Roberto and giving my view on the whole process, and I promise I will share it. But today it is entirely in the hands of the professional football department. I don’t want to speak about it, and I hope my request will be respected. The case is above the youth director —, Alfredo began.

— As for the player, he is doing all the training sessions that are asked of him. He is an athlete who, for me as youth director, from June 2025 to June 2026, has responded to everything I asked of him as a Flamengo player. I hope the future is best for Flamengo, for Ryan Roberto, and for everyone involved. May everything work out for him in life and for Flamengo —, he concluded, in an interview with journalist Venê Casagrande.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH RYAN ROBERTO?

Ryan Roberto has a contract with Flamengo until March 2027. In other words, six months before that, the forward will be able to sign with another team on a free transfer. The Rubro-Negro tried to renew the deal, but the youngster’s camp refused, alleging a lack of a career plan for the forward.

The player’s representatives demanded more minutes with the professional team by next year, but Flamengo gave no guarantees, leading Ryan to decide against renewing. As a result, the tendency is for the youngster to leave the club on a free transfer.

In total, according to reporting by Coluna do Fla, eight teams are interested in Ryan Roberto. They are: Lyon (FRA), Ajax (NED), Monaco (FRA), Benfica (POR), CSKA (RUS), Shakhtar (UKR), Torino (ITA), and Roma (ITA). Therefore, the expectation is that the youngster’s destination will be decided in the coming months.

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