On the evening of January 20, Beijing time, Ma Dexing, a reporter from the well-known domestic media "Sports Weekly", reported that Axon, a naturalized international who has become a free agent, has made it clear to the Chinese Football Association that he will not return to the team to prepare for the upcoming top 12 matches. After Axon's statement, the Chinese Football Association did not include it in the latest list of national football teams going to Japan.
According to the previous domestic media news, the big list of the national football team to Japan and Vietnam is the configuration of "25 + 4". That is, in addition to the 25 native players, there are 4 naturalized or naturalized players listed. But in addition to Alain and Jiang Guangtai, who have made it clear that they will return to the competition, Luo Guofu and Fernando have not made a clear statement so far.
As for Axon, he is currently the only naturalized international who has directly rejected the call for the Chinese men's national team. Since Axon will not return, the Chinese men's football team has recruited Changchun Yatai striker Tan Long into the team this time, also in order to ensure that the team has enough bench thickness in the front court as much as possible in the case that several naturalized players cannot return to the team.
Previously, Axon terminated his contract with Guangzhou (Evergrande) in advance, and he did not play with the team in the second stage of the Chinese Super League. However, when Axon left Guangzhou, he was interviewed at the airport and subsequently posted on his social media account that as long as the national team was called up, he would return to the team without hesitation. Today, however, Axon seems to have "reneged on his word."
Because of this, many netizens have criticized Axon: "I have long said that I am a mercenary, and I did not want to come back at that point in time!" "As expected, the national team has him and he is not almost the same!" "It's not bad to give your playing time to Young people such as Zhang Yuning and Guo Tianyu!" "There's nothing more to say, the nationality has retired!" ”