The sale of Luiz Henrique to Betis, questioned by the fans

The sale of the attacker Luiz Henrique Rosa da Silva al Betisannounced on Sunday by the Fluminensearoused this Monday a mobilization of the fans of the ‘Tricolor Carioca’ on social networks to protest the departure of the young promise.

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#70milhoesnao and #FicaLH

With the hashtags #70milhoesnao (70 million no) and #FicaLH (stay Luis Henrique), Fluminense fans posted messages on social networks to question the exit for a “low price” of one of the new revelations of Brazilian football.

The protest coincided with the departure of 2,000 club members, although the Fluminense clarified that it was due to delinquency of his monthly payments and not as retaliation for the sale of the player, announced on Sunday at a press conference by its president, Mario Bittencourt.

I had a contract until 2015

Luiz Henriquewho had a contract until 2025 with the Fluminenseis considered one of the main assets of the Rio de Janeiro club, which has an outstanding campaign this season.

According Bittencourtan agreement was reached with the Spanish club and a pre-contract was signed in which the Betis will pay 13 million euros (about 14.2 million dollars) for 85% of the sports rights of the 21-year-old forward.

“We needed to sell from the end of the year”

“I know that people are arguing with comparisons of ‘A’ and ‘B’ players. There are better sales and there are worse sales, but any sale depends on the value of the market and the need of who is selling and we needed to sell from the end. of the year,” said Bittencourt.

The manager confirmed that Luiz Henrique will remain in the club trained by the experienced coach Abel Braga until the middle of the year, when the new season begins in Europe and he must travel to Seville.

The striker is one of the architects of the successful campaign of “Flu“At this start to 2022, in which the team racked up a string of 12 wins in a row and came one close to equaling the 100-year-old record of 1919, when they chained 13 wins in a row.

The sequence was in the Copa Libertadores, in which they advanced to the group stage, and in the Carioca Championship, the regional tournament in the state of Rio de Janeiro in which they are the undefeated leader after Sunday’s 0-0 draw against Good viewbut employed a reserve team.