Just when Chinese football is in a quagmire, the matter of staying in the west is once again put on the agenda. Only 5 days before the winter window closed, a number of media rumors that two Chinese Super League players are about to stay in Europe, they are Shandong Taishan high school striker Guo Tianyu and Shanghai Harbor team's young player Jia Boyan, the two will go to the Portuguese Premier League and the Swiss League to start their foreign careers.
In a recent interview, the national football goalkeeper Wang Dalei talked about a ridiculous practical problem, that is, the current phenomenon of wage arrears in Chinese football is widespread. Among them, Wang Dalei said bluntly that in the current national team, there are only shandong Taishan and Shanghai harbors that do not owe wages, and the rest of the clubs are more or less unpaid.
Judging from the words of this international footballer, we can generally know that the current Chinese football is operating at an ultra-low level, which also forces Chinese football to focus on youth training and staying in the ocean to a certain extent.
However, from Wang Dalei's words, at present, Shandong Taishan and Shanghai Seaport are in normal operation, so Guo Tianyu and Jia Boyan's stay in The Ocean is more about the player's personal career planning and choice, rather than due to economic reasons. From the perspective of the general environment, this is also part of the FOOTBALL Association's plan to stay in the West, because the teams that the two will stay in the West are all Chinese-owned clubs.
In terms of Guo Tianyu, the player will officially go to Portuguese Premier League club Vizzella next month to start his foreign career, and Guo Tianyu is about to become the third active international to play in Europe after Wu Lei and Li Lei. The club is currently in the middle and lower reaches of the Portuguese Premier League, and due to its more average attacking ability, it is in urgent need of a striker with immediate combat strength. Guo Tianyu, 22 years old and 192cm tall, is expected to compete for a rotation position.
It is worth mentioning that the 22-year-old Guo Tianyu is not the first time to stay in the Ocean, he has stayed in Portugal before, so there are not too many problems in terms of language, and this experience in the Ocean is also the main reason why he was able to join in the winter window. In addition, Vizzella is a Chinese-controlled club that has played for three young players before, so the player's stay may be related to this background.
In terms of Jia Boyan, the player's stay in the ocean is a little more tortuous, the player had planned to stay in the spaniard, and has been trained in the echelon of the Spaniard, but due to previous reasons, he did not stay in the team. After two years, the players have opened up the yang again under the efforts of many parties, this time to the grasshoppers of the Swiss league, which is the club that Li Lei has just joined. Although it is also a Chinese-funded club, it is a good thing for young players to go out, after all, the gap between China and Europe is still very large.
It is gratifying that the three players who stay in the west, including Li Lei, they opened the plan to stay in the country is not due to salary arrears or Chinese capital, the player's own personal planning and the help of the Football Association is the most important thrust, which also proves to a certain extent that under the change of the general environment, domestic players are no longer satisfied with the current comfortable environment, and choose to challenge themselves and improve themselves, which is beneficial to the progress of Chinese football.