The so-called "gold dollar soccer" bubble has receded, and more and more players have shown the phenomenon of "naked running". According to the sports weekly reporter Wang Xiaorui, a former national football captain, an old international currently playing for a southern giant team, was discouraged and afraid to retire because he could not find his next home.
Wang Xiaorui said on his personal social platform that not long ago, an old international announced his intention to retire in the football circle because it was difficult to find a suitable next home (above). It is reported that after this news reached the Shandong Taishan team, it caused a sigh among the fellow players, and some players lamented that they should cherish the present and train and play football well.
Who is this old international who struggled to find a job? Immediately caused speculation among netizens, everyone talked about it, some people said it was Wang Yongpo, some people said it was Feng Xiaoting, some people said it was Zheng Zhi or even Zhang Linpeng, in short, and so on.
Then, the reporter continued to add information, saying that this is a former national football captain, and multiple channels of information verification may be retired. Finally, the reporter lamented that even if the former national football captain retires, he has no regrets.
But before it was over, the reporter pushed back his previous sigh, saying that the old international still had regrets, because he still had a dream of staying in the west that had not been realized.
What are the super giants in the South? There are no more than Evergrande, SIPG and Shenhua.
The players who can make their careers "regret-free" are generally the players who have helped the team win the league championship. Among these three teams, only Evergrande and SIPG have won the Chinese Super League championship in recent years, and the active players with championship titles in the Shenhua team are nothing more than former Evergrande players, and the only one who has been the captain of the national football team should be Feng Xiaoting.
Now among these three teams, who has been the captain of the national football team and has won the Chinese Super League championship? Shenhua has Wu Xi and Feng Xiaoting, the harbor has Cai Huikang, and Evergrande has Zheng Zhi, Huang Bowen, Mei Fang and Zhang Linpeng.
Among these national football captains, who has not stayed in the ocean? This information clearly excludes Zheng Zhi, Huang Bowen and Feng Xiaoting. In addition, Wu Xi is the captain of the active national football team, which can also be excluded.
Now there are only 3 people left, Cai Huikang, Mei Fang and Zhang Linpeng, will they be one of them?
Zhang Linpeng also needs to be excluded, because as the main defender of the national football team, he is also a year of play, even if he leaves the Guangzhou team, he does not lack a home, which contradicts the description of "it is difficult to find a suitable home".
Take a closer look, it looks like a 33-year-old Mei Fang! Because he posted on his personal social platform a few years ago, he made a speech that seemed to be a farewell to the Guangzhou team. In 2019, when Li Tie was the coach of the national football team, he was promoted to be the captain of the national football team, he also went to France to try but did not succeed in staying in Yang, and he sent him to stay in Yang after Evergrande won the championship.
Previously, there were rumors that Mei Fang would return to Wuhan, but the specific joining of the Wuhan team or the three towns of Wuhan did not follow.
It could also be Cai Huikang! In 2017, Lippi made the SIPG "meat grinder" captain of the national football team. In the 2018 season, he won the Chinese Super League championship with SIPG and did not stay in the ocean, and Cai Huikang met these conditions.
At present, in the harbor team, 33-year-old Cai Huikang has long been reduced to a marginal person, and the number of appearances is very rare, which can be described as sitting on the bench. Overweight, no playing state, it is indeed difficult to find a home.
The former captain of the national football team referred to by the reporter, unless others are omitted, is one of the two players.