The Real Madrid winger has already taken steps towards his future once he leaves active football.
The winger Marcelo, who has played for Real Madrid for 15 years and has announced the purchase of the Portuguese club Mafra, plans to continue advancing in that field and already plans to invest in Brazil, according to the portal TNT Sports.
Marcelo, who has a contract with Madrid until June 2022, has already taken steps towards his future once he leaves active football and in 2017 he joined an investment fund to acquire Azuriz, a small club in the Brazilian state of Paraná .
In the interview, he revealed that the most “recent acquisition” of the DOZE group, which he integrates with other investors, has been that of the Mafra club, from the Portuguese second division, which he intends to use as a “European showcase” for the players trained at Azuriz. .
“The idea is to implement (in the Mafra) a structure that allows us to make the leap towards the European market, tracing an axis with the Azuriz in Brazil,” he explained.
Marcelo did not offer details about the purchase of the Portuguese club, but said that “it was a good deal”, because even with a “small structure, Mafra was very well organized financially.”
According to Marcelo, the acquisition of Mafra has only been “the first” foray of his group in Europe, where from next year they will consider the purchase of a “flagship club, with a strong fan base and tradition.”
In that sense, he explained that “the idea is for this new club to be a complement” and that “a player trained at Azuriz and acquired by Mafra can later be bought by that flagship club.”
As well as his compatriot Ronaldo Nazario, owner of Real Valladolid in Spain and who has just acquired Cruzeiro in Brazil, Marcelo intends to expand his investments in Brazilian football.
Marcelo appreciated a recent legal reform that now allows Brazilian soccer clubs to become public limited companies, as he believes that this will open the door to stronger investments.
With this reform, “investors will begin to see the Brazilian soccer market in a different way,” because “this model allows clubs to better structure themselves and to have efficient, transparent and professional management,” he declared.
In this context, he said that “just as it happens in European football”, they will work with Brazilian clubs “through a business approach”. (D)
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