Yesterday (14th), Muric said in an interview with Brazilian media that he had completed the termination of the contract with the club. As for Akhmedov, he is currently looking for a new team in his hometown of Uzbekistan, and he has basically negotiated with Cangzhou Club on the next personal choices.
On December 12, the second stage of the Chinese Super League was in full swing. In the Cangzhou Lions team, the two major foreign aides Muric and Akhmedov were not seen. In fact, just before the team left for Suzhou from Foshan, the new head coach Sablic has confirmed this to this reporter, "I regret that this is a situation determined by many objective factors. Yesterday (14th), Muric said in an interview with Brazilian media that he had completed the termination of the contract with the club. As for Akhmedov, he is currently looking for a new team in his hometown of Uzbekistan, and he has basically negotiated with Cangzhou Club on the next personal choices.
Unlike Akhmedov's situation, Muric could have abandoned the Cangzhou team earlier this year. This is because when he joined the team in January 2019, the 3-year contract he signed with the club was a "2+1" model. Last season, Yongchang failed to relegate, originally thought that it would be about to compete in the Chinese First Division, which is nearly 35 years old Muric, leading the team from the Chinese First Division to the Chinese Super League and then playing back to the Chinese First Division, I am afraid it is psychologically difficult to accept. Of course, the main problem that plagues Muric's continued voyage into China lies with his family.
Before the epidemic, Muric brought his wife and son to Live in Shijiazhuang. After the 2019 season, the family returned to Brazil for vacation, who knows that since then, in time for the global outbreak of the new crown epidemic, his wife and children have not returned to China so far. During this period, Muric also had a lot of joy. However, due to the full outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Brazil last summer and autumn, Muric could only come back alone, which made the heart of the "chicken master" feel lost. But throughout the league year, he still scored 5 goals and 1 assist, and his performance was remarkable.
I thought that after fulfilling the first two years of the contract, Muric would hang up his mark, and even the Cangzhou club did not have much hope for his prospects for staying in the team, "The first problem at that time was to arrange for the early return of Oscars in Africa to return early and strive to let him catch up with the first stage of the league." As for Muric's family situation, we all know better and are well aware of his difficulties. "As a result, at the end of December last year, when the two sides negotiated on the additional one-year contract, the communication was very smooth. At that time, Muric expressed his willingness to fulfill the remaining terms of the contract and soon reached an intention with the club to continue playing. As a result, when the team assembled in January this year, he was the least optimistic about everyone, but became the first foreign aid to return to the team, which immediately made Gutby and the club executives very admired. However, Muric also proposed a condition to the club at the time: he hoped to bring his wife, son and young daughter to China as soon as possible to live together. To this end, the Cangzhou lion has been trying many efforts since the beginning of the year.
In fact, as early as two years ago, when representing the Yongchang team in the Chinese First Division, Muric's family had plans to settle in China. After all, the eldest son was born in Guangzhou, and later, Muric also entrusted him with Chinese. Including after going to Shijiazhuang, gabriel was sent to the local kindergarten to study and receive traditional Chinese cultural education. After the birth of his youngest daughter, Muric also wanted to do the same. He even plans to spend a few years in Asia if his family can return to China this time. But that wish has not been fulfilled since the outbreak of COVID-19.
During this time, Muric arranged for his family to fly from Brazil to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where they could settle down while waiting for permission to enter China. But after four months of living in Dubai, nothing has progressed. Because the entry permit approval is very strict, and South America is currently the most serious area of the new crown epidemic, in desperation, the Muric family returned to Brazil from Dubai.
In September this year, he could not bear to miss his family, but still asked the club to terminate the contract. "I came back to Brazil because my family couldn't get into China, and I was alone there for 8 months. Then, it must be time to balance everything. I have a young daughter, and an 8-year-old son, and my wife, and I miss them very much. However, when everything you do is premised on being away from your family, everything doesn't make much sense. ”
In the end, the Cangzhou club quickly reached a termination intention with Muric from the perspective of family and human nature. The club also told reporters, "I understand Muric's current situation very well. In fact, before the new coach Sablic took office, the Cangzhou team was ready for Muric's inability to return to the team, not to mention that his contract would only be one month left. However, the 35-year-old "chicken master" is not old," and he also plans to return to Brazil to continue his playing career, "I want to continue to play, I still have passion to burn." My idea was to leave Rio de Janeiro and try to play outside of Rio. Recently, I have been in talks with several clubs in southern Brazil. I'm 35 years old this year and need a plan that will motivate me to move forward and I'm perfectly capable of keeping playing. My physical fitness is great, and since I'm in good shape, technically I can keep playing. Now, it's the ideal time for me to return to the Brazilian league and I think I have a good chance of continuing my playing career. ”
In contrast, the situation in Akhmedov is much more complicated. First of all, his contract with the Cangzhou team was signed directly until the end of 2022. Secondly, in terms of position and age, he is still very much needed for the team at present. Like Muric, Akhmedov left China at the end of August this year, but at the time, his personal career plans began to loosen. Even if Muric returns to Brazil, he will try to continue playing as much as possible, but Akhmedov seems to be "double-minded".
A few years ago, he opened a football academy in his hometown of Namangan in his own name. After returning to Uzbekistan this fall, he joined hands with 12 local clubs and the Namangan Football Association to invest in a valley football program focused on youth competitions. Later, Akhmedov donated a new football stadium to the Republic Academy of the Olympic Reserve, where he had studied. In Uzbekistan, he now identifies more like a youth expert. However, Akhmedov has not announced his retirement after all, and people are also looking forward to his return to the Chinese Super League.
In fact, Akhmedov had planned to leave the Chinese Super League last year because he was not happy with tianjin. But at the beginning of the year, the Cangzhou team's initiative to ask for merit impressed him, and Akhmedov also felt that it was still necessary to fight for his trip to China. However, with the deepening of the Chinese Super League in the new season, Akhmedov has more and more regrets. In addition to the team's performance not much improvement, his relationship with former head coach Gutby is also delicate. Finally, after the first stage of the league, Aha flew back to Uzbekistan immediately, temporarily devoting his main energy to his personal youth training career.
Different from the attitude towards Muric, the Cangzhou team was still trying to fight for Akhmedov's return. Especially after Sablić's arrival, the matter was put on the agenda again. First, Aiha still has more than a year of contract, which is completely different from Muric's imminent free body; second, in the back position, Cangzhou's reserves are slightly insufficient. However, since September this year, entry permits to return to China from Uzbekistan have become stricter, and in addition to the promulgation of relevant regulations, flights between China and Uzbekistan have often suffered circuit breaks. In this case, Akhmedov was even more distraught. In fact, not only is it difficult for the Cangzhou team to operate Akhmedov's return, but the Uzbekistan international Tursnov of the Chongqing team has not returned to the team so far, and some time ago he ran to Italy to treat his injury.
A few weeks ago, cangzhou lions had another online conversation with Akhmedov and his agent. At this point, the three parties basically confirmed Akhmedov's future choices. Due to the temporary difficulty in entering, he was unable to represent the Cangzhou team in the second stage of the Chinese Super League. At the same time, from a personal development point of view, the club has acquiesced to Akhmedov's freedom to find a team. In other words, it is only a matter of time before Akhmedov follows in Muric's footsteps and leaves China. It is understood that the 34-year-old has not yet considered hanging up his boots.
On the 6th of this month, the Uzbekistan league transfer window was officially opened. As a result, many teams began to contact Akhmedov. He is currently interested in two local clubs: league champions Miannon and hometown team Namanganafer Bajo (5th in the league last season). It is widely believed that Akhmedov is more likely to "fall back to the roots", but when he recently made a guest appearance on a TV show, he instead expressed his affection for the old owner's cotton farmers' team, "During 2007-2009, the cotton farmers' team suffered an economic crisis, and sometimes we had to have 5-6 months without a salary, but the cotton farmers team never cheated on the player's salary, and by the end of the year, it would be made up." At that time, Benyudko approached me and promised to provide a house, a car, and 10 to 15 times my salary in the cotton farmers' team. I said I would consider it and my dad always gave me the right advice, he told me not to move to another club without the consent of the cotton farmers, and eventually I told Ben Yudeko I would not transfer. And I'm also in talks with the top management of the Cotton Farmers Club, and they want me to stay in the team for many more years..."
At present, at the time when Akhmedov is temporarily unable to enter the country, the Cangzhou Lions do not have a strong attitude towards the personal choice of players. If Akhmedov can successfully find his next home, he will also return home. If it goes well, perhaps before the end of this season's Chinese Super League, Akhmedov will complete the transfer operation.
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