Portuguese side puts ex-Flamengo Richard Ríos up for sale | OneFootball

Richard Ríos spent some time at Flamengo at the start of the decade

European clubs continue to make moves ahead of the official opening of the transfer window in the coming days. As a result, Benfica (POR) has put defensive midfielder Richard Ríos, formerly of Flamengo, up for sale to be transferred.

According to Portuguese newspaper ‘O Jogo’, Benfica, in addition to Richard Ríos, has also made other midfielders available, such as Enzo Barrenechea and Manu Silva. As such, the former rubro-negro defensive midfielder is expected to leave the Lisbon club soon.

All of this is happening because of Benfica’s own activity in the transfer window. The club is close to signing defensive midfielder Samu Costa, who plays for Mallorca (ESP) and is regularly called up to the Portuguese National Team.

WHEN DID RICHARD RÍOS ARRIVE AT BENFICA?

Richard Ríos was transferred by Palmeiras in July of last year. Therefore, to sign the Colombian defensive midfielder, Benfica paid a fixed fee of 30 million euros (R$ 194 million at the exchange rate at the time).

Finally, from that transfer amount, Palmeiras kept 70% (around R$ 135.8 million). Benfica, Guarani, and Flamengo split the remaining shares at 10%, 13.4%, and 6.6%, respectively.

DID RICHARD RÍOS PLAY FOR FLAMENGO?

Richard Ríos was at Flamengo between 2020 and 2022. The club signed the Colombian defensive midfielder to play in the youth ranks and, shortly afterward, promoted him to the senior team. During that period, Ríos played only seven matches, and Mengo loaned him to Mazatlán (MEX) before transferring him to Guarani.

WHAT ABOUT FLAMENGO?

Meanwhile, Flamengo, Richard Ríos’s former team, remains focused on its upcoming matches. In this way, the rubro-negro club takes the field this Saturday (30) at 4:00 p.m. (Brasília time) against Coritiba at the Maracanã in the Brazilian Championship.

That way, Coluna do Fla will bring all the information about the match live from the Maracanã, with reporting by Rodrigo Lima. Finally, Premiere, on pay-per-view, will broadcast Flamengo’s match in the Brasileirão.

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