Footballer Nguyen Xuan Son refused 75 billion to stay in Vietnam, the right decision

There are many reasons why Xuan Son's refusal to join Saudi Arabia was completely reasonable. He changed his life thanks to this decision, because if he had moved to play for a Saudi Arabian club, Xuan Son could have missed the 2024 AFF Cup and could not have won the championship with the Vietnamese team.

"We received an offer of over 3 million USD, but the President refused. He wanted to keep Nguyen Xuan Son to contribute to the Nam Dinh Steel Club and then naturalize him to serve the Vietnamese national team when needed," Nam Dinh Club's executive director, Nguyen Quoc Phong, said about a Saudi Arabian team asking to buy Xuan Son for over 3 million USD (over 75 billion VND).

The journey to the Vietnam national team has brought many changes to Nguyen Xuan Son's life, including fame, income and the love of fans. Xuan Son also has the opportunity to stay with Nam Dinh Club for a long time, thanks to the great affection from the owner of the team in the South.

The proof is that the Chairman of Nam Dinh Club rewarded Nguyen Xuan Son with a luxury apartment worth more than 1 million USD. This is a great reward from a boss for a player in Vietnamese football, showing the respect of Nam Dinh Club for Nguyen Xuan Son.

"I have achieved almost everything in a short time. Sometimes, I find it hard to believe because everything happened so fast," Nguyen Xuan Son shared.

Nguyen Xuan Son added: "Joining the national team is a unique story, quite crazy and has changed my life."

Nguyen Xuan Son, full name Rafaelson Bezerra Fernandes, born in 1997, has been on a journey to pursue a football career from the city of Pirapemas, Brazil, with the dream of changing his life.

Currently, the striker of the Vietnam national team and Nam Dinh Club is in the Top 3 nominees for the category "Sports Face of the Year" at the Dedication Sports Award.

In 2024, this naturalized striker had an explosive season with the titles: Best Player of V-League 2023-2024, Top Scorer of V-League with a record of 31 goals, Best Player and Top Scorer of ASEAN Cup 2024.

The striker currently playing for Nam Dinh FC only officially became a Vietnamese citizen at the end of last year. However, before that, Xuan Son had played football in the V-League for 5 years. He will compete for the Sports Dedication award with 2 other excellent athletes, Le Van Cong (weightlifting) and Trinh Thu Vinh (shooting), who have just won the Victory Cup.

In addition to the "Sports Face of the Year" category, the 19th Dedication Sports Award in 2025 also has other categories such as "Sports Achievement of the Year", "Young Sports Face of the Year" and "Aspiration for Dedication". These awards aim to honor individuals or groups with outstanding contributions to the socialization of sports, arousing passion, inspiring and spreading positive values in the community, contributing to promoting the sports movement nationwide.

Having just celebrated Tet At Ty with his family, the fifth Tet in Vietnam, Xuan Son could not hide his joy and excitement when enjoying the traditional Vietnamese Tet atmosphere. This is also a special Tet for him because it is the first time he has celebrated Tet as an official Vietnamese citizen.

"Vietnamese fans are so passionate. I want to thank them for loving me so much. Even though I don't understand all the messages of love, I always appreciate everyone's concern and encouragement. That is the motivation for me to come back stronger, dedicating my life and talent to Vietnamese football.

It is always a great honor to play for the national team. Not only that, I also won the championship with the Vietnamese team, won the Golden Boot and the Best Player awards. Everything happened so fast and I am very grateful for that. My family helped me a lot.

Everyone at Nam Dinh Club has also supported me to achieve today's success. I have gone through a long journey with the club and the Vietnam national team. This is truly a special time," Xuan Son shared his feelings when answering the press interview.

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