Guo Allen: applying for a transfer is the most important decision in your career.
Xinhua News Agency, Shenyang, August 2 (Reporter Zhang Yifei, Su Bin) Guo Allen submitted a transfer application to Liaoning, the new champion of China’s men’s basketball professional league (CBA), through the brokerage team on the 2nd. In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, he said that this was one of the most important decisions in his career.
Guo Allen said that the proposed transfer was a decision made by him, his family and the brokerage team after careful consideration. He helped the Liaoning team win two CBA championships and two National Games championships, and tried his best to repay the Liaoning team’s cultivation of himself.
“After these achievements, I also need some new challenges. As long as I look for things, I will definitely finish them without hesitation. This is one of the most important decisions in my career.” Guo Allen said.
Guo Allen’s brokerage team said that next year’s men’s basketball World Cup is the key competition for China’s men’s basketball to impact the Paris Olympic Games. As the backcourt core of China’s men’s basketball, Guo Allen, in order to improve his comprehensive ability and maintain his competitive state, at the same time, give yourself a bigger challenge, choose to take the initiative to jump out of the comfort zone, and have the intention of transfer.
“Through the recent match between FIFA World Cup qualification and Asian Cup, the performance of my teammates has touched me a lot.” He said, “I thought I had done very well, but now I realize that there is still a lot of room for improvement. Therefore, I need a more suitable tactical system to tap greater potential.”
Guo Allen’s brokerage team has not disclosed his final whereabouts. Guo Allen said that the purpose of the transfer is to have a good state in the league and to continue this state to the national team to help the national team achieve good results.
Guo Allen said that Liaoning team has many excellent players, which is also the reason why Liao basketball fans are numerous. Without the support of Liao basketball fans, they will not achieve the current results. He thanked Liao basketball fans for their support and love and hoped Liao basketball fans would continue to support the club.
At present, the official of Liaoning men’s basketball club has not publicly responded to this matter. It is understood that Guo Allen signed a contract with Liaoning men’s basketball as a top salary contract (class D). According to CBA’s official “2022-2023 CBA league player draft, salary cap, employment and transaction management regulations”, the club will continue to have the exclusive signing right of the player’s class D contract after the expiration of the Class D contract. A qualified club shall provide the player with a Class D contract no later than 30 days before the expiration of the player’s original contract and notify the other party in writing according to the regulations; If the player refuses to renew the contract for reasons, the club still reserves the exclusive right to sign the contract until the club gives up or transfers this right. Guo Allen himself also said that whether the transfer can be successful is decided by the club.
In the CBA league from 2021 to 2022, Guo Allen played 21 regular season matches, with an average contribution of 21.5 points, 6.5 assists and 3.7 rebounds. At present, he is working in Europe with China’s men’s basketball to prepare for the fourth window of the 2023 World Cup qualifier in Kazakhstan in late August.