With the outbreak of financial crisis at Guangzhou last season, several naturalized players have also chosen to terminate their contracts with the club. For example, Gaulat and Axon have decided to leave the Chinese Super League and resume their careers in Brazil. However, according to the latest news, another naturalized player of the national football team, the active international Luo Guofu, will also stay in the Chinese Super League to continue to play in the new season, which also means that the biggest obstacle to Luo Guofu's return to the national team will no longer exist.
Brazilian media Global Sports revealed that although Luo Guofu, like Alain, Axon and Gaulat, terminated his contract with Guangzhou, he will still stay in the Chinese Super League this year. However, the media did not disclose which club Luo Guofu may join, but judging by Luo Guofu's current popularity in China, it is not difficult for him to find a new home in the Chinese Super League.
Previously, among the several naturalized players in the former Guangzhou team, only Jiang Guang was too early to determine that the new season would continue to stay in the domestic league, and now Luo Guofu has also heard the same movement, which is undoubtedly a good news for the national football team. After all, from the perspective of this national team recruitment, if you want to recruit naturalized players overseas, it is quite difficult; and if you stay at home and follow the unified action of the national football team, these players will no longer have any obstacles to entering the national team.
And judging from the attitude of the national football coach Li Xiaopeng to the naturalized players, he undoubtedly relies heavily on these players. Luo Guofu's stay in the Chinese Super League will also help Li Xiaopeng to examine his status nearby in the future.
In fact, as far as the current situation of Luo Guofu is concerned, staying in the Chinese Super League is not an unexpected decision. According to the Football Association's salary cap regulations, Chinese Super League teams can choose to sign the maximum salary of naturalized players with two sets of standards: internal aid (5 million yuan before tax) and foreign aid (3 million euros before tax). For Luo Guofu, he can undoubtedly take 3 million euros before tax, which is much higher than what he can earn in Brazil or other leagues.