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After Alain, Gaulat and Axon, another Brazilian naturalized player in Guangzhou, Luo Guofu, also said goodbye to the Chinese Super League. Although Luo Guofu returned to China with the Chinese men's football team after participating in the Round of 12 and returned to Guangzhou after ending the quarantine, due to a series of changes in Guangzhou Football Club, he finally did not choose to enter the division again. After repeated weighing, Luo Guofu, like several Brazilian naturalized teammates, chose to return to Brazil temporarily and wait for the next arrangement.
Luo Guofu has previously expressed his willingness to stay in China to continue to play football, and for his delay in entering the division, in an interview with the media, he once said, "I would like to stay in the Chinese league and play football, but this is not something I can unilaterally control and decide." If Luo Guofu said what he said at that time, then it is clear that on the question of whether Luo Guofu should continue to stay in China and whether to continue to play in the Chinese Super League, the trade-offs made by stakeholders made him make the decision to leave. In fact, from the perspective of time, the last league game of the Guangzhou team on January 4 next year, from now on, the full count is only half a month, including salary, medical security, housing, translation and other issues how to solve, there are many plans; even if Luo Guofu no longer plays for the Guangzhou team out of self-interest considerations, if he wants to continue to play with the national football team in the last four round of 12 matches, in order to ensure that his physical and competitive status does not decline, the State Management Department and Li Xiaopeng can also arrange his training. But in the end, Luo Guofu still chose the same path as all other "Brazilian" players, and after he left, how to participate in the next national football training became a big problem.
Luo Guofu is not the first Brazilian naturalized player to choose to leave China. Last month's round of 12, after the national football team and Australia match, Alain said goodbye to the team in the locker room, he returned directly from the United Arab Emirates to Brazil, but he left promising that as long as the national team continued to call up, he would continue to play for the country. Last Sunday, naturalized player Axon also left Guangzhou with his family, and on the occasion of parting, he also said affectionately: "I am a Chinese, this is the country in my heart." Although I left the club, I was always ready to fight for our country and for the Chinese team. As long as the national team needs me, I will go without hesitation. ”
In addition, although he has been naturalized in China, Gaulat, who has not yet qualified to represent the national football team, also chose to terminate his contract with Guangzhou Football Club last month, and now he is on vacation in Brazil, according to Brazilian media reports, he is likely to accept the invitation of Fluminense Club. Another Brazilian naturalized player in Guangzhou, Fernando, returned to Brazil to recuperate after being injured in May this year, and he is also the only player who has not played for the national football team among the naturalized international football players who have been selected for the national football team. Among the six naturalized players who evergrande spent a lot of money on naturalization, now only Jiang Guangtai, a "blood naturalized" player, remained in China and represented Guangzhou in the second stage of the Chinese Super League.
Of course, the main reason why these Brazilians naturalized and left China is that the Chinese football in the "post-Golden Yuan era" has been unable to afford their sky-high salaries. From the current situation, even players like Axon and Luo Guofu who have a good performance in the national football game are difficult to gain the favor of Chinese Super League clubs. On the contrary, the 27-year-old Jiang Guangtai has received the attention of many Chinese Super League clubs, and once the buyer and seller negotiate, the main central defender of the national football team can transfer to other clubs as an internal support. Perhaps in order to keep his body and competitive state from declining, Jiang Guangtai is willing to follow the Guangzhou team to continue to participate in the game.
As for the Brazilian naturalized players who have returned to Brazil, although they all showed the attitude of "if there is a war, they will return" before leaving, whether they can continue to represent the national football team in the subsequent round of 12 matches still has to play a big question mark. The new men's national football team coached by Li Xiaopeng is initially scheduled to regroup on January 10, and Jiang Guangtai will not have any suspense in participating in the national football training, but Alain, Luo Guofu and Axon will face a big problem when they participate in the training of the new national team. That is, under normal circumstances, it takes at least 14+7 quarantine period to enter from abroad, after which it can be decided whether to report to the national team according to the situation in the place of entry. In terms of time, it is not realistic to let these players who have just left China return to China immediately, so their absence from the national football training is inevitable.
The only possibility at the moment is that the three internationals will fly directly from Brazil to Japan to compete in the national football team before the battle between China and Japan on January 27 next year. But another reality is that at present, these international footballers are waiting for the transfer window to open after joining the new owner, there is no game to play, even after joining the new owner, whether they can successfully play the main force is not known, in the absence of a game, how they maintain their status to meet the top 12 is also a problem.
According to the Football Daily, in view of the imminent establishment of the China Football Preparation Leading Group led by the General Administration of Sports, Gou Zhongwen, director of the General Administration of Sports, may directly serve as the leader of the group, with Du Zhaocai, deputy director of the General Administration, and Chen Shuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, as deputy leaders. After the management team of the national football team upgraded the specifications, how to solve the problem of naturalized international footballers is no longer just a problem at the level of the Chinese Football Association, and the relevant departments of the General Administration are also expected to participate in it. Of course, the premise of all this depends on the evaluation and use of these naturalized players by the national team under Li Xiaopeng. Although in terms of player strength, these naturalized players have been called up, but the practical difficulties are there, and Li Xiaopeng and his coaching staff seem to be able to achieve "one red heart, two hands ready".
After Chinese football ended the "Golden Yuan Era" and entered the cold winter, the survival of Chinese Super League clubs generally became difficult, and dissolution and unpaid wages became unspeakable pain points in current Chinese football, which also led to the situation of those "non-blood naturalized" players who were difficult to be as stable and reliable as before. For the national football team that has been trying to justify its own name, whether it is now or in the future, naturalized players are a problem that must be solved, which not only tests Li Xiaopeng, but also tests the wisdom of Chinese football decision-makers.