Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - National top volleyballer Tran ThiThanh Thuy has received numerous offers to play abroad after her recentoutstanding performances for Vietnam.

The outside hitter is currently playing for Japanese PFU BlueCats with hercontract expiring in April.

She will return to her Vietnamese club, VTV Binh Dien Long An, who loaned thestar to the Japanese side.

After watching her matches with the national team in various tournaments in2023 including the FIVB Challenger Cup in France, international clubs haveshown interests in signing the national team captain.

According to VTV Binh Dien Long An, clubs from Russia, Turkey, Chinese Taipeiand Indonesia are eyeing the 1.93m player. And if Thuy agreed, she would beallowed to move.

"We always give the most favourable conditions for athletes to competeabroad, compete and improve their quality based on the athlete's wishes,"Nguyen Trinh Anh Phuc, an official of VTV Binh Dien Long An, said.

"We will wait for Thuy to return home, have a meeting between her, herfamily and the coaching staff to listen to the thoughts and wishes of theindividual athlete before officially making a decision."

A scout from Turkey has reportedly held discussions with Binh Dien Long An tomake Thuy the first Vietnamese in their country and Europe.

Turkey is the world No 1 women team. They also won the European Championshipand the FIVB Volleyball Nations League in 2023 and are unbeaten at the ParisOlympic qualification.

Turkish clubs also appear to be superior to the rest of the world. At the 2023World Women's Club Championship, the two finalists were Vakifbank SK andEczacibasi Dynavit of Turkey.

However, VTV Binh Dien Long An officials said there was much work to be done tosecure a deal. The biggest problem was that the scout did not discloseinformation about which club that wanted to sign Thuy, so it was difficult tocome to further agreements.

Thuy did receive an offer from Europe in 2022 but she chose to play for PFUBlueCats.

"Wemust research if the club is really suitable for an Asian athlete or not. In myopinion, Thuy's decision to stay in Japan at time was right because she ensuredher income as well as earned opportunities to develop," said scout Chau Lewho helped bring Thuy to Japan.

"Goingto Europe, planning must be carefully prepared, because there are many issuesthat must be taken into account such as the team's potential, the coaching styleand culture of each team."/.