On February 11, the Chinese Super League Shenzhen Football Club announced through official channels that the club's foreign aid, Colombia's active international Pietro, joined The Argentine River Plate club on loan. It is understood that if the stock improvement process goes smoothly, the new season of the deep foot will continue to use 4 foreign assistants from Kaldek, Achimpen, Wakaso and Praliganji. Affected by the national football team's early access to the Qatar World Cup finals, salary and other factors, Kaldek's naturalization has not made substantial progress, and the specific operation will be terminated with a high probability. There are many opinions on the recruitment of naturalized players by the national football team, but from the results, the "naturalization project" has indeed not brought practical effects to the team's impact on the World Cup.
On February 11, Beijing time, The Argentine River Plate Club and the Chinese Super League Shenzhen Football Club announced through official channels that Quintero joined River Plate on loan. According to the agreement, Quintero will be loaned by River Plate club until 31 December this year. Deep Foot "rented" Kintro, mainly because the latter had a strong desire to participate in the Qatar World Cup. Up to now, Colombia has played 16 matches in the South American qualifiers of the World Preliminary Tournament in Qatar, and is temporarily ranked 7th with 17 points with 3 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses. There is a five-point gap from Uruguay, which is provisionally in 4th place, and four points from Peru, who is provisionally in 5th place. This means that Colombia still have a considerable chance of competing for "Straight to Qatar" or qualifying for the World Qualifier Intercontinental Play-offs.
The reason why Quintero chose to join River Plate is also because during the epidemic, he can get more convenient conditions between clubs and national teams. After all, the schedule and format of the new Chinese Super League are still insidious, and once Colombia needs to participate in the World Preliminary Round intercontinental play-offs, then Quintero will have to encounter complex boats and cars during the league break and a relatively long period of closure after returning to China.
On the issue of Quintero, both the deep-foot club and the players themselves have made greater sacrifices of interests. Before returning to South America in early January this year, Quintero agreed to an appropriate salary cut, taking into account the various practical difficulties faced by the club, and Deep Foot also paid a loan fee paid by River Plate club as compensation to Quintero himself. Therefore, this loan transfer transaction is more affordable for all parties.
After Quintero confirmed that he would not be able to play in the Chinese Super League this season, the deep football club will rely on Kaldek, Wakaso, Achimpen and Praliganj in terms of the use of foreign aid. It is worth noting that Kaldek will still play as a foreign aid if he continues to play deeply. This is because its naturalization process has stalled.
According to people familiar with the matter, as of now, there has been no progress in Kaldek's naturalization. In fact, because the Chinese men's football team has been "out" of the Competition in the Top 12 of the World Preliminary Round in Qatar in advance, it is of no practical significance to introduce naturalized players from the perspective of the team's acceleration of personnel replacement. In addition, the introduction of naturalized players may also involve high salaries, so the resulting costs are difficult for the club to pay in the current financial situation.
At present, among the above 4 foreign aides, except for Kaldek, who has been staying in China and abroad, the remaining 3 have not yet returned to China. As for whether they can continue to return to Shenzhen football to participate in the new season of the Chinese Super League, it depends on the progress of the club's stock reform work and other factors. In addition, as of now, the schedule and format of the new season of the Chinese Super League have not yet been officially clarified, in this case, including the deep foot, most of the Chinese Super League clubs are uncertain about the introduction of reinforcements and other preparations.
If Kaldek cannot be naturalized, it is undoubtedly a pity for the vast number of domestic fans who love him. However, judging from the previous experience of the national football team hitting the Qatar World Cup failure, the use of naturalized players objectively added a certain strength to the team, but it could not fundamentally change the overall situation of the team's inferior skills. Regarding the success or failure or gain or loss of the "naturalization project", I believe that all walks of life can also have a more rational judgment.
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao