“They have the mentality of a company” - Has Flamengo outgrown Brazil?
Alamy
Yesterdays defeat at the Copa Libertadores shouldn't overshadow the massive commercial progress at Flamengo the last decade.
Flamengo are getting closer to purchase a Portuguese club in order to raise its global profile. They might build a global network of clubs.
Flamengo will look at clubs in Germany, Spain, France, China, Africa and the United States.
Under the Presidency of Eduardo Bandeira de Mello the revenue almost doubled in less than five years. Between 2013 and 2020, Flamengo paid off more than a billion Reais in debts.
28 November 2021 - 1:17 PM
Flamengo were stretched thin, battered by the experience and cunning of River Plate, South America’s club of the decade, but, then, with only minutes left the Rio club delivered vertiginous sporting drama with two late goals of Gabigol to win the 2019 Copa Libertadores.
After 13,879 days and the heydays of Zico, Flamengo finally were South American champions again.
In the stands of Lima’s Monumental stadium, the fans were living out their wildest fantasies. The conti
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