Luiz Eduardo Baptista sees Rodolfo Landim’s idea as damaging to Flamengo’s coffers
Flamengo’s elected president, Luiz Eduardo Baptista, took office this Wednesday (18). Before the ceremony to make the inauguration official, Bap met with journalists and raised eyebrows when he was asked about Rodolfo Landim having given up the club’s number 10 shirt to Arrascaeta. In the view of the future president, the decision came at the wrong time and caused Rubro-Negro to lose millions of reais.
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— Two years ago, I brought this idea to the club president: number 10 should be Arrascaeta. I always said. But the answer was: “it’s early, Diego will be with us for a long time, not now”. (And I said:) “but look, president, when Arrascaeta takes 10, we will sell a million shirts”. We should have number 10 in all stores in Brazil, with the name Arrascaeta. Have Mercado Livre deliver Arrascaeta shirts throughout Brazil 24 hours a day — said Bap.
— Two years later, we deliver the 10 to Arrascaeta, there is no size L shirt in the stores, no store knew about it (the change in number), we don’t have the 10 shirt with his name to sell. I estimate that Flamengo left 10 to 12 million on the table with this type of attitude. As a fan, (I say) he deserves 10, I already defended that. Doing it this way is amateurish and wastes money unnecessarily. It’s a shame, but it’s done — added Luiz Eduardo Baptista.
WHAT HAPPENED?
In May, Gabigol lost Flamengo’s number 10 shirt after appearing at a barbecue wearing the Corinthians shirt. As a form of punishment, the board, through the vice-president of football, Marcos Braz, decided to take away the club’s most emblematic mantle from the attacker.
However, the 10 remained without an owner for the remainder of the season. This December, in an interview with ge, Arrascaeta said that he would wait for the shirt in 2025. However, last Monday (16), Rodolfo Landim anticipated and passed on the Mantle to the Uruguayan.
LANDIM’S LAST ACT
Therefore, by giving the number 10 shirt to Arrascaeta, Landim has the last act as president of the Flemish. This is because Luiz Eduardo Baptista takes office this Wednesday (18), at an event in Gávea. Bap will lead the club for the 2025-2027 period.
