How Corinthians can ‘reuse’ Vera and Rojas in 2024

Rojas and Vera arrived as reinforcements for Corinthians

With the pre-season underway and the opening stages of the 2024 competitions upon us, Corinthians may have an ace up their sleeve for what awaits them this year: using Matías Rojas and Fausto Vera again.

Heavy reinforcements, both played less than expected football last season. Now the two have the mission of regaining the trust of Mano Menezes and, consequently, a place among the starters.

In this weekend’s practice match, both athletes started as reserves. However, they have good potential to be reused.

Fausto Vera case

Fausto Vera arrived at Corinthians in the middle of the 2022 season, for around R$35 million. Always under the guidance of Vítor Pereira, he arrived with prestige and with everything to be one of the strong pieces of the team. However, even if he played more matches in 2023, together with Luxembourg he lost a lot of space. With Mano Menezes, the same thing. Mano, in fact, criticized some of the Argentine’s mistakes during a press conference after the match against Coritiba in the Brazilian championship.

– I think Fausto scored the goal, an important, beautiful one, but naturally he suffered from a lack of rhythm and missed many passes. This passes through the inconstancy of the season. Coaches don’t remove or add players because they think they’re nice. He inserts it because he thinks it gives more,” said Mano Menezes then.

For the 2024 season, Vera saw his future as uncertain for a time. The player has also ended up in the sights of teams like Flamengo, with the possibility of being used as a ‘bargaining chip’.

It’s red?

After some controversy over the delay in paying image rights, which almost led to his termination, Rojas has the same goal as Vera: to show good football and win over Mano Menezes.

Like his partner, he also arrived with key player status. However, he has suffered from injuries and has been little used in 2023.

But what now?

As mentioned previously, there are two names assumed and considered trendy. Now they have the opportunity to win the title. Everything is a matter of adaptation and service to coach Mano Menezes.

Source: Terra

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