Corinthians pay first part of debt to Matías Rojas

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·3 January 2026

Corinthians pay first part of debt to Matías Rojas

By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Editorial Team

This week, Corinthians made the deposit of the first installment of a debt owed to midfielder Matías Rojas, who played for the club from July 2023 to March 2024. The amount in question was R$ 20.5 million. The information was initially reported by journalist Samir Carvalho from the Café do Setorista channel.

Additionally, according to the same source, Corinthians received a ‘discount’ of R$ 6 million related to interest and charges, from a debt that was at R$ 47 million with the player. Thus, the total amount was reduced to R$ 41 million. Furthermore, the journalist also reported that the second and final installment is expected to be paid off next week.

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Still last year, Corinthians had been sentenced in the final instance by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for a debt of more than R$ 40 million with the player. If the payment was not made and no agreement was reached with the player's staff, the club from Parque São Jorge could face a new transfer ban from FIFA. It is worth remembering that, currently, the Alvinegro has been prevented – since August 2025 – from registering new players due to a R$ 40 million debt with Santos Laguna, from Mexico, for the acquisition of defender Félix Torres in January 2024.

Matías Rojas arrived at Corinthians in July 2023, as a signing by the Duílio Monteiro Alves administration (2021-2023), after a standout spell at Racing, in Argentina. At the time, the contract stipulated the payment of R$ 8 million (US$ 1.66 million) as a signing bonus, paid in three installments to the player.

However, the Alvinegro did not fulfill its commitments and, at the beginning of 2024, the Paraguayan took the case to FIFA, claiming non-payment of image rights, even after the agreement was renegotiated at the start of Augusto Melo's administration (January 2024) – again not honored – and requested all amounts he would be owed until the end of his contract, which was set to expire in 2027.

In June 2024, Corinthians was ordered in the first and later in the second instance to make the aforementioned payments to the player. During his time at Corinthians, the Paraguayan midfielder had a lackluster stint, playing only 30 times, scoring no goals, and providing just two assists.

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