JAKARTA - Less than two months after leaving Real Madrid, Marcelo is closer to retirement than continuing his extraordinary career as a footballer.
Having left the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu with three titles in the 2021-22 season, the Brazilian is yet to be convinced of an offer from Qatar or MLS.
This means that the possibility of retiring the player with the most titles (25) in the history of Real Madrid is very large in the near future.
Marcelo has been preparing for retirement for a long time. He has laid the foundation for a career as an entrepreneur. Now, as his professional football career draws to a close, he can shift his focus to his off-field interests.
Marcelo, currently owns two clubs; Azuriz from Brazil's Campeonato Paranaense, and Mafra from Portugal's second division.
He got his first in 2017 and recently launched a European adventure, while Mafra belongs to the same group as the former and is considered by Marcelo to be the ideal bridge between the Brazilian and European markets.
As for Azuriz - Marcelo and his colleagues' idea is to promote his training arrangement - an area where the former Real Madrid player already has important experience thanks to his 'Campus 12' project.
'Campus 12' is an initiative that - in collaboration with his brother-in-law, Caio Alves - he has managed to develop for some time and is one of Marcelo's business activities.
Of the three Madrid players who finished their contracts on June 30, Marcelo was the only player to be given a special farewell ceremony. The other two, Gareth Bale and Isco Alarcon, simply left for Los Angeles FC and Sevilla.
Marcelo who, however, knows that Madrid's doors will always be open for him. Returning to Los Blancos as an ambassador or institutional representative is also in the player's future plans.
And if he did retire this summer, Marcelo would not lack his professional incentives at all.
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