Rogério Ceni has no signed contract, and the verbal agreement to stay until December 2022 seemed threatened by the information that São Paulo will spend little to build next year’s team.
After beating Juventude and getting rid of the threat of relegation, Rogério avoided talking about plans and claimed to think only about the last days of the current calendar.
At Morumbi, there is a certain fear of the future, knowing that they will not compete with those who have R$ 200 million to spend. The number is random. It could be R$100 million, R$50 million. São Paulo has no money and, therefore, fears being left behind.
Nobody will spend that fortune, because there are no players in the market for this type of investment. It is also enough to look back on the recent past to understand that the heaviest reinforcements have arrived this summer. Apart from Flamengo in 2019, which signed Gabigol, De Arrascaeta and Bruno Henrique in January, and mixed with Rafinha, Filipe Luís, Gérson and Pablo Marí, in June, the decisive factors have arrived in the Brazilian winter.
These were the cases of Andreas Pereira, Renato Augusto, Willian, Róger Guedes, Giuliano, Daniel Alves… Oops! São Paulo’s biggest hiring in recent times generated more debt than bonds.
Corinthians is different. Bet on the continuity of Sylvinho, in composing the squad with a defender, a defensive midfielder and a center forward.
It’s true that Corinthians raised their level with the arrivals of Willian, Renato Augusto, Róger Guedes and Giuliano, but the certainty of being competitive next year is linked to building a balanced team.
Even if he spends to get Diego Costa out of Atlético.
Palmeiras will not spend R$ 200 million. You will bet on a defensive midfielder and a left-handed defender. It needs an attacker, but it will be young. Ricardo Goulart will not return to Allianz Parque.
Fábio Carille should remain at Santos, with whom he has a contract until December, and will bet on punctual reinforcements to join newcomers such as Pirani, Angelo, Marcos Leonardo and Kaiky.
Flamengo must spend on hiring a foreign coach and gradually reform the squad. Filipe Luís and Diego won’t play forever, but no one has to think about taking them out of the squad now.
It would also be stupid to condemn Andreas Pereira to ostracism for having missed the Libertadores final. Pinola, from River Plate, gave the Libertadores goal to Gabriel, in Lima, and celebrated the Argentine title three weeks ago, playing as Marcelo Gallardo’s starting lineup.
Atlético has already strengthened with Ademir, from América-MG. Enough for free, end of contract.
It is possible that the 2022 stars are already in their current clubs. Case of Willian, at Corinthians, Raphael Veiga, at Palmeiras, or Gabriel Sara, at São Paulo. Rogério Ceni’s challenge will not be to point out the star of the season and pay dearly for him, as Atlético did with Hulk. His victory will be to make Gabriel Sara, or Igor Gomes, the sensation of football in Brazil.
That’s what Telê Santana achieved with Raí. Criticized after the Brazilian vice-championship in 1990, he became the best player in the country at the end of the following year. When he moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 1993, Raí had 102 goals with the São Paulo shirt, 80% of them scored after the arrival of Telê.
There is no guarantee that the Hulk will play at the same level at 37 years old. Gabigol, yes. It will have 26.
Assembling the best team in the country next year may depend more on eyes and training than on coffers.
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