After the termination of the contract with Guangzhou Evergrande, the main center of the Chinese national football team, Axon, has been in a state of vacation. Today, Axon has been "unemployed" for nearly three months, and he still hasn't finalized his home in the transfer market. According to the News of the Brazilian Media, the annual salary requirements of Axon during the job search in Brazil can be described as falling again and again, but even if Axon's annual salary requirements have dropped to a very low level, there is still no Bajia team willing to "take over" for him, which is confusing.
According to Brazilian media outlet "meutimao", Baliga giants Corinthians recently wanted to bring in a new striker and have Axon as one of the potential options. It is understood that Axon is willing to accept a contract with a monthly salary of about BRL 500,000, with an annual salary of about BRL 6 million, equivalent to about 1 million euros. In the end, though, he was left out of Corinthians' options.
This is the second time that the Brazilian media has exposed Axon to lower his expectations for salary. Previously, some Brazilian media pointed out that Axon initially hoped to get a contract in Brazil that was "as close as possible to his salary standard when he played in the Chinese Super League"; but then the media revealed that when Axon negotiated with his old club Botafogo, he asked for only 700,000 reais per month (a total annual salary of about 1.5 million euros).
This time, Axon was willing to accept a contract with an annual salary of about 1 million euros. You know, just a year ago, he could still enjoy an annual salary of 10 million euros when he played at Guangzhou Evergrande, compared with his salary expectations that have fallen by 90%, which is simply a cliff-like decline.
The example of Axon may also show how big the gap in salary standards between The Chinese and Brazilian leagues is. Previously, when Axon won 10 million euros at Evergrande, Chinese fans still thought he was worth the money; but in Brazil, Axon was even difficult to get a contract of 1 million euros.
Perhaps because the job search in Brazil is not smooth, there has been recent news that Axon is waiting for a new offer from the Chinese Super League. For the Chinese Super League team, if it can win Axon with only 1 million, it is obviously a stroke of the deal. In short, with the financial difficulties encountered by the major clubs in the Chinese Super League, the era when Axon made a lot of money in the Chinese Super League has gone.