"Currently, Van Lam is still a member of Cerezo Osaka". However, Mr. Grushin did not deny that Van Lam could leave Cerezo Osaka and join another team in the future.
"We have received many offers from Japan and Portugal. Previously, Braga club in Portugal paid attention to Van Lam. Currently, some other teams are paying attention but still need to wait for our decision," Mr. Andrey Grushin added.
"In transfers, there is no percentage of probability, the answer is only yes or no. anything can happen in the transfer market," Van Lam's representative affirmed.
Van Lam's current contract with Cerezo Osaka is still valid until the end of the 2022 J.League 1 season.
Since joining Cerezo Osaka in early 2021, Van Lam has not been given many conditions to compete. Up to now, Van Lam has only played 2 matches, one in the Japanese Emperor's Cup and one in the AFC Champions League 2021, these are not too important matches. After that, he suffered a serious injury in mid-September, and was out for the rest of the 2021 season.
Van Lam has only returned to coaching with Cerezo Osaka since the beginning of 2022 but could not compete for a position with Korean goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyeon. Even in Cerezo Osaka's most recent match, Van Lam was not registered and had to watch the match in the stands.
Currently, many rumors are that Van Lam is likely to join a lower-level team in Japan, Omiya Ardija. The basis for this deal to happen is that Van Lam will be able to play more to maintain his form and fight for a place in the Vietnam national team.
Omiya Ardija is the team at the bottom of the J.League 2 group. Their number 1 goalkeeper has also just been injured. Although the transfer market has closed, some cases are still given special treatment such as registering additional goalkeepers.
