Journalist Lumi reportedly claimed that Alan made huge salary concessions when he returned to the Chinese Super League and that money was not his main concern.
Alan is reportedly a foreigner who has experienced the era of golden dollar soccer in the Chinese Super League. Of course, he knows that the Chinese professional soccer league is going through a very difficult time and money is not his focus. When Alan returned to the CSL, he made huge concessions on his salary and he wanted to do his best to regain his form. With age, long periods of time without training and playing, and the changing environment of the Chinese Super League, Alan felt a sense of urgency when it came to advancing to the polo teams. He has to compete with his age, and even more so with his body that has been out of action for a long time.
Qingdao West Coast teammates say that Alan sometimes suddenly reveals a sentence in Chinese, saying that he is "old", and often half-jokingly says that he has played one day less. It's not a depressing or self-deprecating remark, but he always reminds himself that he needs to give more in order to keep his form. After officially joining the team, Alan is always the first to arrive at the training ground every day to start training, and almost always the last to leave, and leaving the training ground doesn't mean the end of it, he still needs to do cold compresses and other recovery training.
