Afonso Alves has made it clear that he does not want to move to AZ Alkmaar after launching an action against them with the Dutch FA.Middlesbrough are hoping to complete a deal for the Brazilian, but the issue has been clouded after AZ claimed they had an agreement with the player - currently with Heerenveen.

An independent panel sat last week and confirmed that Alves had in reality two contracts - one with Heerenveen and the other with AZ.

The panel is due to meet again this Wednesday to try and conclude the issue, which both Boro and Heerenveen hope will see the player switching to The Riverside - whilst AZ hope Alves will be told to join them, even though the player does not want to.

However, now Alves' lawyer has launched a counter-claim with the KNVB, stating that AZ's contract with the player is not legal and should be annulled.

Alves did sign an agreement with AZ in December, but neither his agent or lawyer was present and Heerenveen also refused to sign and finalise the deal.

Now Pim de Vos - Alves' lawyer - says that because nobody else signed the agreement, it is not legal under FIFA and UEFA law.

"The regulations write that at the signing of a contract agents with a licence and a lawyer have to be present. That hasn't been the case. 'It takes to two salsa', as they say, and in this case that obviously has not been the case," De Vos told the Leeuwarder Courant.

"The contract [with AZ] is nothing more than a concept and we hope to have that verdict soon."

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