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Wesley is Roma's newest reinforcement (ITA)

Roma (ITA) officially announced the signing of Wesley on Monday afternoon (28). The right-back will defend the Italian club for five years, until 2030. In his new team, he will wear the same number he wore at Flamengo: 43.

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HOW WAS THE NEGOTIATION BETWEEN FLAMENGO AND ROMA FOR WESLEY?

Wesley had been coveted by European clubs since last season. At the beginning of the year, Flamengo already considered the player's stay difficult, however, they only considered a possible sale of the player after the end of the Club World Cup.

In this situation, Wesley's staff, along with an agreement with Roma (ITA), which initiated conversations to reach an agreement with Flamengo. After a long period of negotiations, Rubro-Negro sold Wesley to the Italian team for 25 million euros (approximately R$ 162 million at the current exchange rate).

WHO DID FLAMENGO HIRE TO FILL WESLEY'S SPOT?

While trying to reach a common denominator with Roma for Wesley, Flamengo looked at the market for options to fill the spot. Thus, Rubro-Negro acted quickly and agreed with Emerson Royal, ex-Milan (ITA). The player, in fact, has already been introduced to the fans and, on Tuesday (28), will give an official interview at CT Ninho do Urubu.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO'S NEXT GAME?

Without Wesley, Flamengo returns to the field to face Atlético-MG on Thursday (31), in the first leg of the Copa do Brasil round of 16. The game kicks off at 21h30 (Brasília time), at Maracanã. Thus, Coluna do Fla, as usual, brings all the details of what will happen in the match, in addition to interviews and Filipe Luís' press conference. Finally, SporTV (closed channel) and Premiere (pay-per-view) will broadcast the game.

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