Fluminense fired Marcelo after his conflict with the coach! | Relief
If any club is looking for a left back, look no further than: Fluminense terminated the contract with Marcelo Vieira (36 years old) after yesterday’s clash between the player and his coach Mano Menezes. When the coach was ready to bring on the striker in the 90th minute of the match against Gremio, the football player whispered something to him that he didn’t like and the coach immediately sent him back to the bench. Marcelo put on the overalls again, and John Kennedy accepted instead.
A few hours after the incident, the Rio de Janeiro club announced that it was ending its relationship with the Real Madrid legend. “The institutional and emotional ties between Fluminense and Marcelo will continue. The player’s name was recently immortalized at the stadium of the Herem training center. “Fluminense thanks Marcelo and will continue, as always, to support his success in all his endeavors,” the company said in a statement.
This abrupt end to a relationship is sure to leave a bitter taste for the 58-time Brazil internationalformed in the lower categories Flu and this helped win the first Copa Libertadores in the team’s history in 2023. In 2024, the Cup Winners’ Cup was won (another unprecedented title in a collective record), and in 2023 the Carioca Championship was added. Despite its importance to fans, The defender has lost weight in recent months in Menezes’ plans and he no longer occupied the role of undisputed owner.
Free to start a new stage
It remains to be seen whether Marcelo will continue his career at another club or whether he will put an end to a career that few have enjoyed and which boasts five Champions Leagues, six league titles, four Club World Cups, five Spanish Super Cups. , three Spanish Super Cups or Libertadores. After studying at Flu and signed a contract with Madrid in January 2007 (he was there until 2022), The defender spent the first part of the 2022/23 season with Olympiacos. and then he returned to the club of his heart.
His contract with Fluminense has been extended until December 31 this year. After a meeting with the management of the enterprise in the sports city, Both parties agreed to settle the relationship and not hurt each other anymore. Menezes admitted yesterday that he heard something he “didn’t like” about Marcelo and local media report that the defender “is not one of the most beloved people in everyday life.”
So the football player will remain without participation in the 2025 Summer Club World Cup (where he could reunite with Madrid and the rest of the European greats) and he will soon have to make a decision about his future. His son Enzo plays in Madrid’s lower categories and lives in the capital with his mother and wife Marcelo. His physical condition (he has suffered several muscle injuries) will be of great importance to his determination.