On April 15, Beijing time, the news of the Football News said that Axon returned to Brazil to play football for his mother, and his salary was only 1/15 of that of Guangzhou, earning less than former international Yang Xu.
The 32-year-old naturalized international Axon has signed with Bar B side Gremio. "Football News" said that Axon returned to Brazil to play football mainly for two reasons, the first is that his mother wants him to spend more time with his family, and the second is that his mother wants to watch him play football on the spot. In order for his mother to return to Brazil to play, Axon accepted a substantial salary cut. His annual salary after tax in Gremio is only 650,000 euros, equivalent to only 4.5 million yuan, which is less than Yang Xu. "Football News" revealed that the annual salary that Axon received in Gremio was only 1/15 of that of the Guangzhou team, but it was already a high salary for Gremio, and they needed to fill it by selling players and pulling sponsorships.
Axon admitted to rejecting several offers in order to join Gremio. Because of catching up with the dividends of naturalization, Axon won a super fat contract from Guangzhou at the end of his Chinese Super League career. If, according to Football News, Axon earns 15 times more in Guangzhou than he currently earns at Gremio, then his annual after-tax salary for Guangzhou will reach 68 million. Although he only fulfilled his two-year contract, Axon had at least a net income of $126 million for those two years, which did not include settlement fees.
Axon's annual salary in SIPG is not low, so the money he earned in the 9 years of the Chinese Super League is enough for him to spend several lifetimes, so he no longer needs to consider the problem of money when choosing the next home.
Axon will wear the Number 9 shirt and play for Gremio in the new season as a foreign player. At the press conference, Axon said that he wanted to play in the Asian Cup to be held in China next year and hoped to win the championship for the national football team.