Al-Wasl of Argentine manager Rodolfo Martin Arruabarrena were also interested in signing the 29-year-old former international recently, but the chinese club seems intended to return with an improved offer after AEK's upcoming Europa League clashes against AS Saint-Étienne.
The officials of the Greek Cup winners have proved that they want to keep the best players of their current squad, such as Petros Mantalos, Andre Simoes, Christos Aravidis and Ronald Vargas, in Greek Super League and that's why they rejected the first lucrative transfer bid from China for the purchase of Helder Barbosa.
