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The sports newspaper Globo Esporte launched a vote among its readers to determine who was the worst signing of Brasileirão 2025, and the result was overwhelming. If it were political, it would be a first round victory.
Gabigol, a forward who was released from Flamengo on December 31 and signed for four years with Cruzeiro, took 8,050 of the 15,549 votes registered. The former Santos, Inter Milan, Benfica and Flamengo player did not live up to expectations in a year in which he registered 13 goals in 49 appearances. Today he outlines his return to Santos.
Second was Emerson Royal, a right back for whom Flamengo paid Milan nine million euros in July, and who ended up being Guillermo Varela’s substitute. The defender with a past in Ponte Preta, Atlético Mineiro, Betis, Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur captured 9.65% of the votes after a discreet 19 games played.
Completing the podium was David Luiz, the experienced 38-year-old defender who ended his relationship with Flamengo at the end of 2024 and arrived in Fortaleza for the start of the 2025 season, but after 17 appearances he terminated his contract at the beginning of August and then ended up at Pafos in Cyprus. 947 people (6.09%) voted for the former Brazilian national team defender.
In the list of the 15 worst signings of 2025, all with less than 900 votes, the Uruguayan Mauricio Lemos appears 11th. The 30-year-old Riverense defender played just nine games with the Vasco da Gama shirt this year. On August 2 he played for the last time, eight days later he was on the substitute bench and was subsequently not called up again.
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