A verbal altercation ended the journey Brazilian Marcelo With Fluminense, despite the player’s contract extending until December of this year.
Marcelo had joined the ranks Brazilian Fluminense On February 24, 2023, on a free agent, he signed a contract until December 2024 with an option to renew until the end of 2025.
Brazilian journalist Caio Blouis mentioned the conversation that took place between Brazilian Marcelo and Fluminense coach Mano Menezes, where the former Real Madrid star asked his coach to stop touching him and not talking to him, and to stop messing with the fans.
Then Fluminense coach Menezes responded to Marcelo in an insulting manner, pushing the player with his hand and demanding that he return to the bench and push his colleague Kennedy instead.
This is the incident that made Marcelo feel humiliated, so he decided to terminate his contract with Fluminense by mutual consent between the two parties and not continue the journey with the team of his professional upbringing.
Fluminense said in its statement, “Announces Fluminense Club Football Association and Marcelo Vieira announced the termination of the contract by mutual agreement between the parties.
He added, “The institutional and emotional ties between Fluminense and Marcelo still exist… The athlete’s name was recently immortalized on the field, at the Xerém Training Center.”
He ended Fluminense’s statement by saying: “Fluminense thanks Marcelo… and will continue, as always, to support his success in all his challenges.”
🚨⚠️ | According to Brazilian journalist Caio Plouis, what happened between Marcelo and Mano Menezes is the following:
🗣️ Marcelo asked the coach to stop touching him and not to talk to him
🗣️ Marcelo asked the coach to stop messing with the fans
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