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Leila Pereira talked almost exclusively about Flamengo on a Palmeiras podcast

Palmeiras president Leila Pereira appeared on a PalmeirasTV podcast aimed at Palmeiras fans. However, she spoke only about Flamengo. At one point, the club chief admitted she wants to pull Palmeiras out of Libra, and she blamed the “Real Madrid of the Americas,” a term she used ironically.

— Palmeiras’ goal is to leave Libra. It’s not that Palmeiras will move to FFU (Futebol Forte União). I will wait for the next steps of the future league organized by the CBF. Shortly after I became Palmeiras president, still in 2022, the clubs met in São Paulo with the goal of organizing a single league, Libra. Today, I realize that, at that time, I was very romantic —, Leila Pereira began.

— I thought that, with that meeting, we would be able to organize a championship together. Sweet mistake, sweet illusion. The clubs don’t understand each other. Each one pulls more to its own side, each one wants to earn more than the other, and it doesn’t work. So two leagues were formed, which are actually two economic blocs to negotiate broadcasting rights. The league needs the CBF, because each club wants something different. There are even clubs that think they are the Real Madrid of the Americas —, the president added in an interview with the Palmeiras channel.

WHY IS LEILA PEREIRA UPSET?

Leila Pereira’s frustration comes after Flamengo secured R$ 150 million, to be paid over four years, from the sale of Libra’s broadcasting rights. Although she was against this transfer to Mengão, the president signed the document approving it, understanding that the measure would be better for all the teams in the group. Even so, the executive wants to leave the bloc.

WAS IT ALL ABOUT FLAMENGO ON PALMEIRASTV?

Besides mocking the “Real Madrid of the Americas,” Leila Pereira mentioned Flamengo at several other points in the interview. The president commented on Mengão’s partnership with Fluminense in managing the Maracanã and also questioned the Rubro-Negro agreement to allow the stadium to host concerts. Finally, the Palmeiras leader joked about the journalists who defend the four-time Libertadores champion in the media.

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