With the end of the epidemic, this year's Chinese Super League has seen a wave of returning naturalized players. Eckerson joined Chengdu Rongcheng, Fernando went to Shandong Taishan, and another naturalized striker, Alan, will officially return to the Chinese Super League in the near future.
According to the latest news from the Brazilian media, Alan has recently officially released from his contract with Fluminense FC. He will soon be on a plane back to China, where the naturalized striker of the national soccer team will arrive next week.
News of Alan leaving the Barclays Premier League to return to the Chinese Super League has been circulating since last month. Now, Alan's official return also means that he has agreed on joining his new home in the Chinese Super League.
Previously, there were rumors that Alan would join Qingdao Hainiu, a promoted team in the Chinese Super League. However, according to the latest news, the Hainiu club decided to give up on bringing in Alan because of his high demand for contract length and salary. Some sources in Qingdao sports media claimed that Alan joined last season's Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Sanzhen in the summer window.
This season, Wuhan Three Town's league results have been very poor. after 16 rounds of the Chinese Super League, they have only achieved 5 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats, and are ranked eighth in the table. Judging from the current situation, it is difficult for Wuhan Three Town to compete for the AFC Champions League spot next season, not to mention defending their Super League title.
Nevertheless, Wuhan Sanzhen Club has no intention to give up. In order to help the team get out of the doldrums as soon as possible, they have brought in a number of strong reinforcements in consecutive summer windows of the Chinese Super League. Recently, Sanzhen officially signed South Korean foreign aid Park Ji-soo to replace Brazilian defender Wallace who was about to leave the team. In order to bring in the South Korean defender Sanzhen club, they paid a transfer fee of 2.5 million euros. In addition, Wuhan Sanzhen also loaned international midfielder Liu Yu to Shandong Taishan.
Judging from these two massive signings, the San Zhen club still aspires to do well in the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League. After strengthening the center backfield, San Zhen need to bring in a striker with instant fighting power. Naturalized striker Alan is undoubtedly a solid choice.
It is reported that Alan's return to the Chinese Super League this time, in addition to the annual salary and playing time, there is also a clause can participate in the Chinese national team. Alan is one of the first few naturalized players in China, and he also loves China very much. He is very interested in Chinese culture and food, and his Chinese is the best among several naturalized players. A few years ago, he could already communicate with his teammates in Chinese.
As a result, Alan has been looking forward to playing for the national soccer team, but he didn't show much in last year's preseason as he wasn't reused by former national soccer team head coach Li Tie. Now, when Allan returns to the Chinese Super League, the national soccer team could consider calling him up to the team again. If Allan can play well in the league like Ekson did, he still has a good chance to be a starter for the national soccer team in the Asian Cup.
Here, we also hope that Alan will return to China as soon as possible, sign with the club and reappear on the pitch of the Chinese Super League as soon as possible!
