Does The Asian Footballer of the Year have the ability to play in the top five leagues?
This cannot be generalized!
The specific candidates of the asian footballer of the year have been strong and weak.
In the past, players who stayed abroad were also eligible to compete for Asian Footballer of the Year, but now only players who play in Asia are eligible to be elected, and the gold content is not the same.
Zheng Zhi is the Asian Footballer of the Year, and Hidetoshi Nakata is also the Asian Footballer of the Year, are they the same strength?
In addition, the strength of the teams within the five major leagues is also different, and the competition between the relegation team and the championship team is also different.
Take Hidetoshi Nakata of Little Japan as an example, he is one of the stronger Asian footballers of the year.
Hidetoshi Nakata, who was originally in Serie A, Perugia, was also the core of the midfield, and his debut was to Juventus in Dane.
After playing in Perugia for a year and a half, Hidetoshi Nakata completed 12 goals in 48 games, which is very strong, so to speak, Nakata Hidetoshi did play the main force in the five major leagues, right?
Guess what: who is the Juventus player behind Hidetoshi Nakata in the picture above?
However, in January 2000, Hidetoshi Nakata transferred to Rome, and because of Totti's presence, Hidetoshi Nakata could only serve as a rotation.
In the following transfer period, big names in the midfield such as Batistuta and Emerson also came, and Nakata Hidetoshi had fewer opportunities to start.
Although Roma in the process of winning the 2001 Serie A title, the substitute Hidetoshi Nakata has made many achievements, but he is indeed not an absolute main force in Roma.
In this way, Nakata Hidetoshi has become the main force again in the five major leagues.
We also have Asian footballers, such as Fan Zhiyi and Zheng Zhi.
General Van was captain of England's second-tier side Crystal Palace and defended Liverpool's Ballon d'Or winner Owen in the FA Cup.
It is said that Liverpool and Newcastle in the Premier League want to buy Fan Zhiyi, but Fan Zhiyi insists on representing the national football team in the World Cup qualifiers, and the matter can only be abandoned.
This also shows that as long as you want to play, Fan Zhiyi still has a position in the Premier League.
What about Zheng Zhi? Charlton, who was in the Premier League, was also the main force, but after only half a year of playing, Charlton was relegated from the Premier League.
Soon, he was relegated from the Championship again.
The original Premier League main force suddenly became the main force of the League One, zheng Zhi chose to go to the Soviet Super League Celtics to play a few games, and then went to Guangzhou Evergrande, which was rich and powerful.
It can be inferred that Zheng Zhi at that time may not have been able to obtain a stable main position in the Premier League.
Therefore, my summary is that whether the Asian Footballer of the Year can play the main role in the five major leagues depends not only on which Asian footballer is specific, but also on which team he goes to. What do you think about that?
Guess the puzzle: There is an Asian footballer who once played for Bayern and is mixed in among the many stars in the picture above, guess who he is?