Flamengo will discuss Gabigol's renewal after trial in Switzerland

This Sunday (2), Flamengo beat Vasco 6-1 at Maracanã, in the Brazilian Championship. At the end of the match, the club's football director, Marcos Braz, was asked about the striker's contractual situation. Gabigolwho scored again with the red shirtblack during the classic.

According to Marcos Braz, Flamengo will only begin to discuss the contract renewal of the number 99, after the judgment at the Sports Arbitration Court (CAS), in South Africa.íça, next Friday (7), due to the doping issue, where the player was punished for two years, by the TJD-AD (Sports Court of Justice – Anti-Doping). Gabgiol filed an appeal with the CAS and received a suspension to return to work.

“For obvious reasons, we will deal with this after the trial which will be on the 7th. So, Gabriel is from Flamengo, He has a contract until the end of the year. In a normal situation, you should already have a renewed contract. It was not possible for a number of reasons. But I believe that, after Friday, calmly and calmly, we will analyze what the next steps are.” – Talk about Marcos Braz

Marcos Braz commented that any negotiations for Gabigol will only take place after the CAS trial on the 7th. pic.twitter.com/xXbxmwcTYN

— Renan Moura (@renanmouraglobo) June 2, 2024

_{Interview with Marcos Braz after the game (Reproduction/X/@renanmouraglobo)}

Both the player and his defense, as well as Flamengo, remain optimistic about the attacker's acquittal in the processmainly due to the unanimously achieved suspensive effect. If the punishment continues, the attacker will be permanently suspended until April 2025, since the case in question occurred in April 2023.

Player's future

According to the football director himself, the contract Gabigol runs until the end of December with the club. This means that at the end of June, shirt 99 would be free to sign a pre contract with any team, for free, without Flamengo receiving nothing for it.

In the last transfer window, Corinthians was active in the market in search of the Flamengo striker, with the club's presidentAugusto Melo, making clear the interest of the São Paulo team in counting on the Gabigol still at the beginning of 2024. Flamengo, in turn, denied any chance of negotiating the player at that time.

Featured Photo: Gabigol celebrating his goal in front of the fans (Reproduction/X/@Flamengo)