Marcos Braz opens up on relationship with Gabigol after Flamengo exit | OneFootball

My relationship with him was always good, within the limits of Flamengo’s interests. I’m not friends with A, B, or C—not just Gabigol, but nobody when I was in the position beyond the limits of Flamengo’s interests. And with Gabigol, it was the same thing. I always had a good relationship with him, he knows how important I was in bringing him in, he knows the effort I made to sign him. It was a signing that worked out very well—not just well, very well. A player who won the Libertadores twice and so many other titles, a player who scored three goals in Libertadores finals, he had his importance. Now, I also think he didn’t need to do that at that moment, at a time when Flamengo had just won the Copa do Brasil against a historic rival at that rival’s stadium, the first title inside Arena MRV, so it was certainly unnecessary for him to bring up some of his views at that moment. It didn’t shake anything in relation to anything. As for trying to pit me against one section of the fans or another, I always did what I thought I should do, I always tried to be fair. With him, I’m also absolutely sure that I was completely fair, he knows that, he knows the difficulties we had there in that renewal process, in which in the middle of that process there was the doping issue. I’m not making excuses, because Gabriel’s renewal process started well before that doping episode too, but from the moment you’re in a long renewal process or not and certain episodes happen, that weighs on things, that gets in the way,” he said in an interview with ‘Paparazzo Rubro-Negro’.

It was my last final. I’m not staying at Flamengo. It was a troubled year for me individually, with the doping issue, then a coach who didn’t respect me as a player. During those moments, I never tried to put that out there in any way, but it was a horrible period for me. But I always worked, I always tried to improve. I always tried to show him that I could help in some way. (I’m) very emotional, I have great affection for Flamengo. Now it’s about making the most of these remaining games and being able to say goodbye properly to the fans. I’m not staying at Flamengo. In recent years there were negotiations, the president and the board shook my hand, my father’s, my mother’s, and then things happened that I really didn’t like. I always found things out through podcasts, never in person. I spoke with Marcos Braz about staying for two or three years, but Flamengo never made an offer,” said Gabigol.

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