At the end of the 2022 season, Brazilian centre-back Bruno Viana left Wuhan Yangtze River and immediately joined Bundesliga powerhouse Coritiba for a transfer fee of 1.5 million euros (equivalent to 1.63 million US dollars). Now, the Chinese Super League veteran has gone to Saudi Arabia to pan for gold - according to Saudi United promotion team Mahasem (also translated as Lars Determination) officially announced: Viana joined the team on loan from Coritiba on a one-year contract.
Bruno Viana
Bruno Viana joined Wuhan Yangtze River on loan from Braga last season, and although he was absent for a while due to unpaid wages, Viana has scored four goals in 22 times in the league throughout the season.
Bruno Viana
At the end of the season, the Wuhan Yangtze River Club was confirmed to be disbanded, and Viana returned to Braga with his wife and daughter. Soon, the Brazilian centre-back received an offer from Coritiba, and the eager Glenn Stenger (executive chairman of Coritiba) and Lucas Drubski (sporting director) also visited the door several times to facilitate the transfer.
In the end, Viana joined Coritiba for a transfer fee of 1.5 million euros (equivalent to $1.63 million), and the contract was signed until December 2025. Viana started 18 of his first 19 games in Coritiba and was very solid in the team, but with the arrival of youth team coach Thiago Korossky, Viana was reduced to fifth centre-back after Dombroski, Kusčević, Veral and Henrik.
Bruno Viana
In the middle of last month, Hassem began pushing Viana for a transfer, and soon Hassam reached an agreement with Viana himself, but Coritiba rejected Hassen's first offer due to a low buyout fee ($500,000 on loan and $1 million when his contract expired). Subsequently, Hasham raised the price of the buyout fee and eventually reached a full agreement with Coritiba.
As a promoted horse, Hasenm's financial strength is obviously not comparable to the giants such as Riyadh Victory and Riyadh Crescent, since the opening of the summer window, the team has introduced a total of 5 foreign aides, but except for Salemani, who paid for the buyout, the rest are visa-free or loan-free.
Bruno Viana
Viana is reported to be wearing the number 36 shirt at Hasseng and will make his Saudi debut against Dammam this weekend.
Bruno Viana trains