Although Beijing Guoan's transfer ban has yet to be lifted, the club has quietly brought in a new foreigner - former Brazilian international midfielder star De Souza. The 34-year-old, who rose to prominence at Barclays Premier League powerhouse Vasco da Gama, traveled to Europe at the age of 21 to join Portuguese supergiant Porto. He went on to play for Gremio, Sao Paulo and other Barclays Liga sides, and was selected for the Brazilian national team in 2014 thanks to his outstanding performances. ! [De Souza's career](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/163img/20230218/20235839130021806371770.jpg) In 2018, de Souza traveled to Asia, joining Saudi giants Al Ahli before moving to Besiktas two years later. However, having lost his starting spot in the team last season, De Souza decided to leave. Although he still had a contract with the club, a determined de Souza terminated it early and signed a two-year contract with Guoan. It is worth mentioning that Guoan club did not pay the liquidated damages, but rather, De Souza himself assumed more than 1 million euros of liquidated damages. ! [De Souza transferred to Guoan](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/163img/20230218/20238495408021806371770.jpg) It is reported that in order to pay the liquidated damages, De Souza gave up most of his annual salary at Besiktas this season. At Besiktas, he was earning up to €1.5 million a year, but the club owed him hundreds of thousands of euros a year due to their poor economic situation in the last two years. Admirably, De Sousa did not claim the back wages and forfeited the entirety of his remaining contract, which totaled over €1 million. It can be said that De Sousa for joining Guoan paid a huge price. At the age of 34, he is at the end of his career, but his performance in the past few seasons is still outstanding. As a midfielder, De Souza has strong stealing and intercepting abilities, excellent footwork and a wide overall vision, which can effectively connect the team's front and back field. In addition, he has a keen sense of breakthrough, often breaking through the opponent's penalty area and threatening the opponent's goal with long-distance shots. De Souza is a standard B2B midfielder, similar in style to Guoan midfielder Augusto. If there is no injury trouble, he is fully capable of becoming the core of the midfield attack and defense, helping Guoan become the new pride. Considering the decline of the overall level of the Chinese Super League and the difficulty of most clubs to afford big-name foreigners, De Souza's strength is expected to be a top midfielder in the new season of the Chinese Super League. Let's expect Guoan to blossom in the new working system under the new core of the midfield.
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