Flamengo president praises Fluminense’s ‘efficiency’ in market | OneFootball

Luiz Eduardo Baptista, Bap, president of Flamengo, during his appearance at São Paulo Innovation Week, answered questions from journalists and, in one of his responses, praised Fluminense’s efficiency in the transfer market, even with lower investment. For Bap, Fluminense outperforms Flamengo and Palmeiras in terms of creativity in the market, something necessary for clubs with less financial backing.

When I look at how much money I put in, how much Palmeiras puts in, Fluminense is more efficient than Flamengo and Palmeiras. It doesn’t change my feelings of respect at all, it’s an obvious recognition. – Bap said.

In the view of the Rubro-Negro executive, competing with lower financial investment requires being extremely careful in decision-making, and having money can make a club complacent, lazy, and things can get worse when it starts winning, but, according to him, “Football is there every Wednesday and Sunday to show you: calm down.”

Looking at the numbers behind Fluminense’s results, it is possible to confirm the Flamengo president’s remarks. Analyzing the 2024 and 2025 seasons together, Fluminense had only the 12th-highest spending on signings in Brazil and, even so, reached the semifinals of the Copa do Brasil and the Club World Cup, and finished 5th in the 2025 Brasileirão.

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