Flamengo's vice-president of football, Kléber Leite, is traveling to Portugal today to resolve the situation of midfielder Ibson, whose contract with Flamengo expires on June 30th. The executive is confident of reaching an agreement with Porto.

“I’m going to Portugal today to resolve Ibson’s situation. There’s no strategy planned to give up players to keep Ibson. I’ll listen to what the Porto directors think to see how to proceed. I don’t have a crystal ball to know what they want. What matters is that Ibson wants to stay at Flamengo and has already made it clear that, in Brazil, he will only play for Flamengo. I believe an agreement is possible; otherwise, I wouldn’t be traveling there. Our chance of keeping him here starts with his desire to stay.”