I believe that when many fans mention the national football team, their first reaction is still stinky. Because on the night of the First Day of the Chinese New Year this year, they lost 3-1 away to Vietnam, the first time in history to lose to their opponents, and from the process and the result are complete defeats, it has become another humiliating battle after the 1-5 home defeat to Thailand. This game has actually caused many people to think, that is, what does the Chinese Super League in the Golden Age give us? The annual salary of our players is tens to hundreds of times longer, but the level is not even as good as that of Vietnamese players, is it that money blinds our eyes and restricts our steps?
Obviously the answer is yes. The Golden Yuan era intensified the competition for the resources of domestic excellent players, so the value of our players began to soar, and at the peak of our national footballer's annual salary could even be comparable to that of world-class stars, and small players who did not enter the first team could also get millions of annual salaries. It is precisely because of the high income that our players are reluctant to go out, and they all want to make a fortune in the country, and the players who stay overseas also return to China because of their experience of staying in the west, so they have also returned to China. So this invisibly closed our football, just like the closed country of the Great Qing, began to lag behind over time, and even disconnected from the world.
Judging from our experience in the top 12 matches, the backwardness of Chinese football is from the overall backwardness of concept and action, and if it continues, our performance will decline sharply. Therefore, the national football team wants to stop the decadence, wants to keep up with the pace of the world, and going out is the first step. However, this step is difficult. One is that our players have disappeared from the international competition stage all year round, and European teams generally do not trust Chinese players. The second is that although our players have a huge football market behind them, most of the players do not have their own sponsors, so they are not willing to use Chinese players without any rapid and direct financial benefits. Third, there is the fact that the strength of our players is really doubtful, and our fans in The country have already scolded the international footballers who can't lift their heads, and they don't seem to know how many pounds they have.
Of course, the most direct reason for not going out is the salary, the salary of players in China is still much higher than in Europe. Just like our brother Wu Lei, he got almost the top salary in China, and the Spaniard only had 1 million euros, which was much less than the original. And Wu Lei is currently the highest salary that a Chinese player can get. So it's not easy for our internationals to go out now, because who wants to take the initiative to cut wages? And even if the players themselves are willing, their huge annual family living expenses are not allowed.
However, now it seems that it is not necessary to go abroad to stay abroad and necessarily reduce the value of self.... Just recently, there is an international footballer who has taken a different path, he is the 30-year-old national football team left wing Li Lei. At the beginning of this year, he officially announced his joining the Grasshoppers of the Swiss Premier League. And in the last two games of the Swiss Super League, there have been appearances, completed an assist, the performance is still good, and it can be seen that Li Lei's adaptability is very strong.
And just recently, the well-known media person Yuan Ye revealed Li Lei's salary to stay in the West, he said: "When Li Lei was in China, the annual salary and tax was less than 2 million yuan, and he took the top salary of the team after going to Europe, but that is 300,000 euros (about 2.15 million yuan), or before tax, in fact, the gap between after tax and the country is not large." That is to say, Li Lei did not reduce his self-worth when he stayed in Yang this time, and he went to the team to get the top salary. This estimate makes many fans a little incredible, the first time a few words floated in their heads, how is this possible?
But it is not impossible to think about it carefully, after all, Li Lei is not going to the five major leagues, not even the European second-tier leagues, and grasshoppers are not giants in the Swiss Super League. For an international footballer like Li Lei, who is experienced and has a certain strength, his ability can be recognized, and there is such a huge Chinese market behind Li Lei, Grasshopper is willing to give him playing time and give him a higher annual salary. After all, if there is no Li Lei, who will pay attention to such an unknown team?
And Li Lei's trip to stay in the West also gives us a lot of players who want to stay in the West, there is a huge football market behind you, you must have self-confidence, and you do not necessarily have to go to the five major leagues, maybe go to a slightly worse league, but get more opportunities, harvest more, and not too little income. What do you think? Which leagues do you think our players should go to in Europe to work out first? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!