According to previous rulings made by FIFA and reported by various parties, Deyakonu suffered a long salary arrears. FIFA ruled that the Shaanxi team needed to pay him $880,000 dollars. And now that the Shaanxi team has disbanded and quit, Deiaconu will likely not receive a single penny. In a recent interview with Romanian media outlet digisport, Deiaconu said that he played in China to make money and that it was the biggest mistake he made in his career!
The foreigner sighed, he scored 45 goals in 90 games in the last three seasons but always had a hard time to get into the Romanian national team, he said he didn't understand, he said he chose the multi-million dollar offer from China and that was the biggest mistake, he should have chosen Romania to play! Needless to say, the foreigner was really saddened by Chinese soccer and he blamed his original choice for his failure to make the national team!
