On December 20, Beijing time, the Swiss team Zurich Grasshopper officially announced that the 29-year-old Chinese international Li Lei will officially join in January. After Fan Zhiyi, Sun Jihai and Sun Xiang, another Chinese national-level defender went to Europe.
When asked in an interview why he did not go to the five major leagues in Europe, Li Lei said: "Because I feel that I am not capable enough to go to the five major leagues, joining the Swiss Super League is to first see the quality of the second-rate leagues in Europe, because I can't play at my age, and the effect and significance of going out are not at all." ”
The phrase "not enough ability" sounds very heartfelt, but Chinese fans cannot but accept this reality. Wei Shihao also said that he returned to China to play football because he felt that he was incompetent, but how many Chinese forwards are really stronger than Wei Shihao now?
Judging from the situation of Japanese and Korean players staying in foreign countries, it is also the right way to go to the European second-rate league first. Japan international Kenyang Fuan, who is currently sitting firmly in the Premier League giants Arsenal, went to the first stop in Europe to first go to the first division, then to serie A and then to the Premier League, as well as Takumi Minamino, Masaya Ogawa and Huang Xican, japanese and Korean players who also went to the five major leagues in Europe after playing in Red Bull Salzburg. "Iran Messi" Azmoun also did not go directly to the five major leagues, and after the Russian Premier League won the Golden Boot, he has been invited by many teams in the five major leagues.
There have been many failed cases of China staying in the West over the years, some of which are purely for export to domestic sales, and some of which are transfer transactions purely for commercial interests. Zhang Yuning, Zhang Xizhe and Zhang Chengdong have all spent time in the teams of the five major leagues, but there is only the existence of mascots, and Wu Lei, who was originally given high hopes, is now completely reduced to a Spaniard substitute. Xu Xin and Lin Liangming have spent time in giants such as Atletico and Real Madrid respectively, but they can't even play in the echelon. A few days ago, Bundesliga giants Bayern announced the import of 18-year-old goalkeeper Liu Shaoziyang from Wuhan's three towns, hoping that the youngster would not follow the old path of Xu Xin and Lin Liangming.