On April 13, Beijing time, a heavy official announcement came from Brazil, and the Brazilian traditional giant Gramio officially announced the official transfer of the 32-year-old Chinese player Ikeson, who has joined Gramio as a free agent and officially left the Chinese Super League, but Gramio executives said that Ikeson is dedicated to the Chinese men's football team and plays in the Brazilian professional league on behalf of Gremio as a foreign aid.
Axon is 32 years old, this time to stay in the foreign giants, Axon does not seem to plan to stay long, only signed a short contract, his contract with Gremio expires on November 30, 2022, Axon's next plan is obvious, on the one hand, is to return to the Chinese Super League to get a relatively high salary, it is reported that his annual salary in Gremio will only be about 800,000 euros, on the one hand, he continues to honor the original intention of playing for the national team, he still hopes to play for the national football team. According to Gremio's arrangement, Axon officially debuted at 2:30 p.m. local time on April 13.
According to the value information of Chinese players in the "German transfer", as well as the characteristics of the player's ability, the 32-year-old Axon is still the top card of the national football team, he is more valuable than Wu Lei, but also more efficient, and there is enough confidence to stay in the foreign giants. Axon's current "German transfer" is still worth 3 million euros, is the most expensive player in the national football team, Wu Lei only 2.5 million euros, goal data, Axon is also very eye-catching, in the Chinese Super League has scored 122 goals, ranking first in the history of the Chinese Super League, in the Brazilian league, Axon is also very efficient, early in his career has played for Victoria and Botafogo, when he was an offensive midfielder, passing well, 4 years and 120 games scored 27 goals and assisted 20 times.
After coming to Guangzhou in 2013, Axon became a super goalscorer and won 2 AFC Champions League titles, 5 Chinese Super League championships and 1 Super Cup as the top scorer of guangzhou team, and he personally won the Golden Boot of the Chinese Super League 4 times, 1 annual MVP and 1 Chinese Super League MVP. Last season, Axon had the chance to win the Golden Boot again, scoring 11 goals and assisting three times in 13 games, but the final stage of the game was missed due to Guangzhou's unpaid wages.
Since Axon has not played an official game since leaving Guangzhou, Gremio expressed concern about Axon's status and asked him to train systematically for the next month, trying to return to the level of competition in a month. Brazilian media said it could be a month before Axon could officially play. Considering that Axon is currently 32 years old and is largely out of the national football team's plans for the next World Preliminary Tournament, he may be reused until the 2023 Asian Cup. Therefore, Axon's next career development is still worth paying attention to, and if the national football team wants to achieve good results in the Asian Cup held at the doorstep of 2023, it still depends on this batch of naturalized international footballers.