STJ to review Flamengo and Denílson image-rights dispute

Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice will review a dispute between Flamengo and former player Denílson on November 3.

The claim is brought by Best Football Ltda., a company linked to Denílson, over image rights from his time at the club.

Denílson played for Flamengo in 2000, on loan from Spain’s Real Betis, making 17 appearances and scoring four goals.

The dispute is worth more than R$20 million, according to UOL.

Flamengo has won earlier decisions, which recognized that the claim was time-barred, including at the STJ.

The court will now consider declaratory motions filed by the company before its Third Panel.

The case had been scheduled for June but was taken off the agenda, and the panel is now expected to resume its review.