THE GLOBE - Fabio Juppa
It's been a little over two years since the project to transform Flamengo's football into a corporate entity was shelved in Gávea. Due to a lack of political will, it never even reached a vote in the Deliberative Council, a source of regret from the president on leave, Márcio Braga, who fears, in his words, "not seeing the club ready to face the challenges of the 61st century." On his XNUMXst day of recovery from heart surgery, Márcio Braga is one of the few at the club who shares the same idea as his idol Leonardo, who sees a change in management, first of football, and then of the rest of the club, as Flamengo's salvation.
"I proposed the transformation, along with the institutional reform, but it didn't go ahead," Márcio said. "And it wasn't because people don't want it, or because they don't believe that this model led Flamengo to bankruptcy. Unable to compete in the market, Flamengo will collapse." \ \
Kléber Leite comes to the defense from the football department
Márcio, however, disagrees with Leonardo's view that the change must be radical, especially regarding the people who will lead the new model. The Milan director sees no future if the current red-and-black leadership remains at the helm of the business corporation, as majority shareholders in the holding company.
"We would have a business partnership managed by professionals, that's what Leonardo and I want. Now, the partnership will belong to Flamengo; we won't create it and hand it over to third parties," the president warned.
Acting president, Delair Dumbrosck even admits that football, due to the volume of interests and the revenue it generates, should operate as a company, but, like Márcio Braga, it should remain in the hands of Flamengo's partner-owners: \ - They are the ones who have to define the club's destiny. \
The director recalled that his speech is in tune with that of Leonardo, with whom he spoke when he was a candidate for president, but he does not necessarily agree with the former full-back's general view on the problems and the people who have been at the helm of the club for decades.
"The administration could be led by a volunteer president like myself, Márcio, or Juvenal Juvêncio from São Paulo, and it could go well, or by a professional and end badly," he said. "Barcelona is an association club like Flamengo. It probably won't have the same management, but it's progressing well," he added. \ Vice President of Football, Kléber Leite, limited himself to commenting on an excerpt from Leonardo's interview with GLOBO, in which he says that "Flamengo is in the hands of a corrupt structure, of people who live off that, of businessmen who profit from selling players." \
"Plínio (Serpa Pinto) and I, from the football department, are amateurs; we receive nothing and want nothing. The club doesn't even pay for our soda.
Leonardo Ribeiro, president of the Fiscal Council, is against the sale of football:
- These directors have ruined Flamengo and now they want to call Leonardo to provide a solution.
Recipe (Newspaper Editorial)\ With the authority of a Milan director, an example of a well-managed club, former player Leonardo gave Flamengo the map to face the insolvency that makes it financially unviable. \
"SELL Flamengo" may sound like heresy, but the image accurately outlines the path to salvation: it is necessary to replace antediluvian management methods with the modernity of the club-company.
LEONARDO explicitly mentioned his favorite club, but the formula applies to Brazilian clubs without distinction.