Flamengo today announced the departure of Andreas Pereira.
Following the one-year loan spell the midfielder had at the club, they made no efforts to buy him and he’s returning to Manchester United.
This is the end of a long saga which, hopefully for the last time, we’ll explain in a couple of paragraphs.
When agreeing the loan, Flamengo and Manchester United agreed a buying option for €20m.
Then at the start of the year, with the player’s spell being far from impressive, there was a new deal to make the move for €10m.
In the end, they did not move, and Manchester United ended up empty-handed, with Andreas returning to England.
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Following the end of this controversial situation, journalist Eric Faria, who’s quite influential in the Brazilian media, made a tweet blaming Flamengo directors for how this process was handled.
However, he claims this was not the fault of vice-president Marcos Braz and football director Bruno Spindel, but others: “You, red-black, may think it’s not worth paying €10m at Andreas. But what some leaders – Braz and Spindel aside – did to undermine the business was unusual. They acted badly with the athlete, with Manchester United and left Fla exposed. Bad outcome.”