Rojas was injured at 15 or somesuch, then at 16 or 17 a small, skinny kid he got some sub appearances in which he was amazing and not long after (maybe the end of the season?) was in Melbourne?
He’d become a club legend from those few appearances, along with being the recipient of a scholarship funded by the YF to get him to Wellington initially.
Kosta could potentially complain about lack of match time, but I don’t think Rojas would.
But unlike Smeltz, Moss, Kosta, and Roy every season, Rojas has never shown interest in returning to NZ to play. He has returned to Melbourne twice and must be stung and slightly shocked that they don’t want him.
More to the point is that the Kraev who arrived at the start of last season who seemed almost Champions League quality hasn’t returned recently. Zawada usually scores from crosses. These are the two entrusted with the bulk of our scoring as of now.
Kosta has been good but not clinical. Ball, Old and Sutton are injury concerns. Van Hattum is unproven, as is Pennington and any youth contingent.
I’d love another couple of goal scorers in the team. Marco helping us to a 3rd or 4th finish would be a great way to round out his A league career imo.