O Red Bull Bragantino, which this year will compete for the 1st time in Series A of the Brazilian Championship, has everything.
Proof of this is that the team from the interior of São Paulo appears in a special report in the March edition of France Football, the most traditional football magazine in the world – the publication is responsible for organizing the award Ballon d’Or.
In the matter, the vehicle states that the multinational Red Bull for many years he made only “superficial investments” in Brazilian football, in contrast to his strong presence in countries like Germany, Austria and the United States.
However, the energy drink maker “changed dimensions” in 2019 when it announced its merger with Bragantino, winning “as a gift” a team that was in the Brazilian B Series and in the elite of the Paulista Championship.
With strong investments right away, the team was champion of the Segundona with one foot in the back, and, for 2020, did not measure efforts in the market of the ball, hiring young and promising athletes for high prices.
There were the cases, for example, of striker Artur, of Palmeiras, for 5.5 million euros (R $ 29.36 million, in the current quote), of goalkeeper Cleiton (5 million euros, or R $ 26.69 million ) and striker Alerrandro (3 million euros, or R $ 16.02 million), these two from Atlético-MG.
In addition, Red Bull Bragantino sought reinforcements on loan abroad, bringing both athletes from partner clubs, such as left-back Luan Cândido, who came from RB Leipzig, and striker Leandrinho, passed on by Napoli.
In Paulistão, the club had a limp start, but then started and currently leads group D, leaving the mighty Corinthians eating dust 6 points apart.
To the France Football, the team strides to grow under the baton of football executive Thiago Scuro, and is now preparing to take to the air using the successful formulas of the “brothers” RB Leipzig, from Germany, and Red Bull Salzburg, from Austria.
“On the field, Red Bull Bragantino will use a formula for success: the one that took Leipzig to the quarterfinals Champions League. A vertical, organized and hybrid game that seduces everyone. For the market, the expectation is to become something like Salzburg, today one of the most attractive clubs in Europe, and which recently negotiated Erling Haaland and Takumi Minamino with Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, respectively, “he wrote.
The magazine also highlighted the “unparalleled seriousness” of the club-company in relation to other teams in Brazil, which suffer from corruption and amateur managers.
“In Brazil, today Red Bull is in a context of incomparable seriousness. In the Brazilian Championship, most clubs seek mere stability, since they are gangrenized by financial problems that are repeated, with amateur managers and debts that accumulate”, he stressed .
“In December, Cruzeiro fans proved the consequences of this, revolting as they went through despair at the first downgrade in the club’s history. And, furthermore, having to see news about the club’s nearly billion debt, in addition to the involvement of its leaders. in accusations like corruption, money laundering and fraud in transfers of players “, finished.
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