The organized crowd Mafia Azul, from Cruzeiro, did not like the departure of goalkeeper and idol Fábio and protested this Thursday (6) against the current management of the club, headed by Ronaldo Fenômeno.
Members of the crowd went in the early afternoon to the door of Toca da Raposa, CT of the team, and held a demonstration. Fábio, 41, had his name sung by those present.
“Fucking hell, he’s the best goalkeeper in Brazil, Fábio!” chanted the Mafia Azul fans.
The organization also sang songs directed to Ronaldo, who announced the purchase of the club and will become the majority shareholder of SAF (Sociedade Anônima do Futebol).
“Ronaldo, fat man! Come and give satisfaction!”, shouted the people from Cruzeiro.
On its social networks, the Blue Mafia posted videos of the protest and left a message for the new board.
“They bought the CNPJ, not our passion! Respect our history!”, says the post on the fans’ profile on Twitter.
Two-time Brazilian champion and three-time Copa do Brasil champion, Fábio said goodbye to Cruzeiro on Wednesday night (5), when he informed on social media that he would not have his contract renewed for 2022.
The goalkeeper is the current record holder of games in the history of Cruzeiro, with 976 matches. Last year, the player even posed with a shirt number 1,000, alluding to the mark he would reach this season with the club’s shirt.
“The renewal of the contract was agreed with the club, through president Sergio Rodrigues in November 2021, who even announced it publicly, lacking only the signatures of the negotiated documents. But this new administration no longer gave me that option”, said Fábio, in post on Instagram.
“I want to make it clear that I would accept the readjustment to the new salary cap, but this new administration did not give me that option either.”
At the end of his message published on Instagram, Fábio said that he and his family cried with the news of the non-renewal with Cruzeiro and thanked Cruzeiro fans “976 times”.
Also on Wednesday, the club published an official note on its website seeking to clarify the 41-year-old goalkeeper’s departure.
“It is essential to remember that Cruzeiro has an immense reorganization challenge that needs to be planned and executed considering the entity’s survival. In this sense, the restructuring needs to take place in several fields: financial, organizational, administrative and, of course, sports. are popular but need to be adopted,” says the club.
“The proposal also respected the essential economic responsibility of the entity. It is necessary to emphasize that, even so, being Fábio the idol that he is, an important economic sacrifice was made. The player was offered a contract that certainly exceeded the reasonable for a publicly deficient club. The terms of this proposal were not accepted by the athlete and his agent.”
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