At the dawn of the morning, a news from Brazil is like a breeze in the hot summer, 33-year-old naturalized player Alan, a soccer warrior who is about to enter his prime, officially announced his decision to join the West Liga giants Fluminense on June 21st, local time. This marks that, after Fernando, another player in the group of naturalized players of the Chinese team has found a new home, and has also become a unique landscape in the foreign football world.
However, the formation of the new Chinese men's football team and the candidates to lead the team are still in the fog. Although the naturalized players have expressed their willingness to play for the national football team, but whether they can play in next year's Asian Cup, still shrouded in uncertainty.
Back on February 16th of this year, Guangzhou Football Club announced the termination of the contracts of five naturalized players, including Alan. In the past six months or so, naturalized players such as Gaolat, Ekson and Lo Guofu returned to Brazil and found new jobs in the local soccer scene. Alan, on the other hand, returned to Brazil after representing the national soccer team in the Top 12 tournament to soothe his inner turmoil by spending time with his family.
Fluminense played an important part in Alan's career, with a record of 88 games and 26 goals between 2008 and 2010, earning him a call-up to the Brazilian national youth team and opening the door to the Europa League. Now, Alan's return is undoubtedly a fond return to his old club.
Allan was in tears at the launch to join Fluminense, saying, "I'm home, my family and I are very excited, it's a special moment and I hope to do great things here. I've been hearing from the fans since I left here, they've always loved me and I hope to repay their support."
Mario Bittencourt, president of Fluminense FC, could not hide his excitement either, "I'm very happy to bring Alan back, back in 2009, when I was working in the soccer department, he scored a wonderful goal in a game and since then we have developed a good relationship and I'm very happy to have him back at Fluminense. "
After Alan completed his transfer, among the original Guangzhou naturalized players, Jiang Guangtai stayed with the Guangzhou team except for Fernando, and the remaining three have found new jobs in Brazilian professional football. Fernando, as the youngest player, has not been able to finalize his next home so far. From late May last year, when he left the national football team's preparation camp for the Top 40 tournament, Fernando has not participated in an official game for more than a year, and systematic training has also become a luxury.
It is worth mentioning that Alan, Ackerson and Luo Guofu, when interviewed by the media, have expressed their willingness to continue to play for the Chinese team and are looking forward to participating in the Asian Cup. However, as of now, the Chinese team has not yet clarified the next step in the preparation program. In the case of no big game preparation, the team can not organize training within this year, the international competition is also difficult to implement. And the head coach Li Xiaopeng's question of retention, so far there is no definite answer, which is undoubtedly unfavorable to the national soccer team's preparation situation, but also abnormal.
