On the afternoon of December 20, 2021 Beijing time, Beijing Guoan Club suddenly announced that Li Lei joined the Swiss Grasshopper Club. In fact, this news has become an "open secret". But why did the news suddenly come out today? According to some media, it is said that it was requested by the Grasshopper Club, which means that the matter was officially announced before Christmas, and then Christmas was well spent. This seemingly reasonable statement is not recognized by many fans. At this time, the official announcement that Li Lei stayed in Yang must have other reasons, or according to the previous deployment of the National Security Club, it should have disrupted the original plan.
The most likely factor is that in the 17th round of the Chinese Super League, Beijing Guoan unexpectedly lost 0-5 to Guangzhou City, setting a shameful record for the club for nearly 19 years. Such a score appeared on Beijing Guoan, which is equivalent to completely destroying the only dignity left in the hearts of Guoan fans.
Despite the 0-5 defeat, Guoan seems to have some reasons. Because of this season's Guoan, the entire main back line at the beginning of the year, now except for Li Lei, all of them are injured. Under the premise that the midfield lacks control, how can the fully substituted backline withstand the devastation of having a foreign forward.
Regarding the 0-5 score, some fans complained on social platforms that the reason why Guoan players played so lax in this game was mainly because of the club's salary arrears, but what kind of situation is the club's current salary arrears, and whether it has a major impact on the player's mentality, this conclusion we can't make.
Therefore, it is estimated that in the midst of one overwhelming condemnation after another on social platforms, the National Security Club can well divert the public's attention by officially announcing Li Lei's stay in the yang. From the perspective of public opinion, in fact, the "line of sight" thing is the most short-lived, just like we can always see in the news that "Wang Feng was robbed of the headlines".
From another point of view, perhaps Beijing Guoan really did not think of when the official announcement, or the use of the "official announcement of Li Lei" to impact the club's upcoming other storms, but it was helpless, a 0-5 big score loss, had to let Beijing Guoan "tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall".
However, Li Lei's stay in Yang is indeed an exciting news for Chinese football. With Li Lei's stay in the ocean, it may also open a new round of "staying in the ocean" in China. As one fan said: Chinese clubs owe wages is also a good thing, at least domestic players have begun to actively operate in the west, and the bursting of domestic bubble football is also beneficial