After yesterday solicitation by Anders Christiansen then had Malmo FF even today called a press conference. This time to present Vidar Örn Kjartansson, a 25 year old Icelandic striker who last played in Jiangsu Suning.
Kjartansson had only been a year in China, having previously made 25 goals in 29 games for Vålerenga, and there was an economic puzzle to put together to get him to Malmo FF. According to the Norwegian VG he earned about ten million net per year in China, where he was sold for SEK 20 million.
Kjartansson said at the press conference that he felt to move back to Europe, both for the social and football. The decision must have been taken shortly after the team became Chinese cupmästare when he felt he did not fit into the team, he told Soccer Channel.
– Each year I want to be the best striker, that’s the goal I go in with as a striker, but my team did not play that way. They played very defensively and did get the goal.
Kjartansson now hoping to win back his place in the Icelandic national team, where he previously made seven internationals and recorded for a goal.
– I have not talked to Lagerback yet, but he’s probably happy that I have moved here.
Another reason for the move was that Chinese clubs may only have five foreign players, of which one of the players must be an Asian . Therefore, the club was not as disappointed as Kjartansson suggested that he wanted to return to Europe.
– They said they would like to buy many big stars now. They do not care so much, it’s always like that. In the past five years, every year they replaced the four foreign players. They want to bring in new names to sell shirts.
About the same time Kjartansson presented for the MFF presented Jiangsu Chelsea midfielder Ramires as the club’s new solicitation.
In the MFF go after signings of Behrang Safari,
– We have the apprentice Teddy (Bergqvist), and then Jo Inge (Mountain) also play there.
No comments:
Post a Comment