Behind the scenes, the assessment is that Soldado was more flexible to meet the demands presented by the playerswhich facilitated the progress and conclusion of agreements.
Marcelo Paz, in turn, adopts a more rigorous stancefocusing on financial control and compliance with budgetary guidelines.
Internally, these differences are considered naturalas Paz built his career with a strong business and financial base, while Fabinho Soldado is a former player and masters the “locker room language”, which brought him closer to the squad.
Complementary views
O UOL found that the Corinthians board understands that the two profiles are, in practice, complementary. So much so that Fabinho Soldado was being prepared to expand his participation in football’s financial decisions.
The management’s idea, if he remained in office, was that he would act as an interlocutor between the football department, the financial board and the restructuring committee. This role is now performed more naturally by Marcelo Paz, who, in addition to his work as an executive, has the experience of having been CEO of SAF in Fortaleza for around two years.
