On January 11, Beijing time, J League champion Kawasaki Forward officially announced the signing of Thailand international Song Krasin. According to previous reports by a number of Japanese media, the transfer fee of Song Krasin is as high as 500 million yen (about 27.59 million yuan). Next season, Sokrasin will play in the AFC Champions League with Kawasaki Striker.
Born in 1993, Song Krasin is a midfielder, and although he is only 1.63 meters tall, his foot speed is very good, and he is known as the "Thai Messi". He has been playing in the Japanese league for five years, joining Sapporo on loan in July 2017 and being officially bought out in February 2019. Last season he made 26 appearances for the team, including 25 as a starter, scoring 1 goal and giving 6 assists.
In the recently concluded Southeast Asian Football Championship, Songklasin led the Thai team to win the championship, and he was also personally named the top scorer and MVP of the tournament, and Songklasin was one of the best midfielders in Southeast Asia.
I believe that Chinese fans will not be unfamiliar with Song Krasin, because the 28-year-old has twice broken through the door of the Chinese men's national football team. One was in 2013, in the unforgettable Thai men's 5-1 win over the Chinese men's team, when 19-year-old Song Krasin scored.
The 2019 China Cup final, which was the only goal scored by Songklasin, helped the Thai men's football team defeat the Chinese men's football team led by Cannavaro 1-0, and finally the Thai team won their first China Cup match.
For a long time in the past, the J-League has not seen a Chinese player. Nowadays, seeing that diminutive Thai players can join the J League hegemonic level team at a sky-high price, this undoubtedly makes Chinese fans feel "citric acid" again.