Good news! Alain accepted Manatee's invitation in principle and once again made it clear that he wanted to continue to play for the national football team
On the 27th, the reporter learned that substantial progress has been made regarding the Chinese Super League Qingdao Manatee Club's intention to introduce naturalized player Alan. Allan himself agreed in principle to accept the invitation, and also made a special statement to the Manatee club, hoping to take the opportunity to return to the Chinese Super League and continue to represent the Chinese team. The two sides will further communicate the details of the cooperation next.
After the first stage of the Chinese Super League, as a promoted polo team, Qingdao Manatee temporarily ranked second from the bottom in the league table with 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats, and the relegation situation suddenly became grim. In order to improve the team's attacking power and thus strive for relegation, the Manatee club, after careful research, decided to use the transfer summer window to recruit high-quality attackers. Alain, a naturalized striker who currently plays for Brazilian Serie A club Fluminense, has been the main target of Manatee's recruitment.
The Manatee Club targeted Allan for several reasons: on the one hand, Allan's ability has been fully proven, he is an excellent striker who can improve the Manatee's attack; On the other hand, after joining Fluminense 1 year ago, Alain did not make a high appearance for the club, entering the 2023 season he only made one appearance for the club in the Baja Liga. Alain, who is sitting on the bench, certainly hopes to play more games; Third, if Manatee can sign Alan, in addition to helping the team fight for relegation in the Chinese Super League, it will also be easy for the national football team to re-recruit him, thereby improving the hard power to compete for the next World Preliminary Round and Asian Cup.
A few days ago, the Manatee Club sent Alain himself a solicitation letter through the brokerage team about bringing him in, which also included the terms of cooperation. After several days of deliberation, Alain replied to the Manatee Club through the brokerage team - he agreed in principle to accept the Manatee Club offer and recognized most of the terms of cooperation proposed by the Manatee Club.
However, since Allan is a Chinese player, Manatee Club must strictly implement the rule that "the maximum salary of local players must not exceed 5 million yuan before tax" when he introduces him. Therefore, the content involving the details of cooperation such as treatment still needs to be further communicated and finalized by the two sides.
It is understood that the two sides have reached a consensus on the general framework of the cooperation content. For example, the Manatee Club initially preferred to sign a one-and-a-half-year contract with Alain, while Alain wanted to add a one-year contract to that. After some sincere communication between the two sides, Manatee agreed in principle that once the team can be in the top 8 of the Chinese Super League next season and Allan guarantees a certain number of appearances, the contract period between the two parties will be automatically extended until the end of the 2025 season.
Since Alain is still in agreement with Fluminense FC, will the opposing club allow him to go or create a "barrier" in terms of transfer price after Allan agrees in principle to join Manatee? This is actually worth paying attention to. However, the Beiqing News reporter learned that the Manatee Club launched a package price in this cooperation communication. Fluminense FC is open to Allin's transfer. In other words, as long as the Manatee Club negotiates with Allin, then the transfer will be completed.
It is worth noting that Allan also expressed to the Manatee Club through the agent team that he is still very eager to continue to represent the Chinese team, which is undoubtedly a boon for the Chinese team that is about to enter the new World Preliminary Round and Asian Cup journey. In fact, before that, Guoan's renewal of Li Ke, Rongcheng's introduction of Axon, and Taishan Introduction of Fernando were all indirect actions of the club to help the national football team to a certain extent. After all, once Axon, Fernando and Allan remain in the Brazilian club to play, it will be difficult for them to continue to travel between China and Brazil to participate in national football training and matches under realistic conditions.
If Allan can eventually join Manatee Club smoothly, then of the 6 naturalized internationals who were included in the national football team in the last World Preliminary Round, except for Luo Guofu, who has the idea of retirement, the remaining 5 will remain in the Chinese Super League, which is actually the result expected by national football coach Jankovic.
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao