After the introduction of a new round of salary restriction orders, the idea of Chinese Super League players expecting to make a lot of money lying down has completely failed, and the maximum salary of 600,000 may not be enough for the national football wives to spend a year, so for many players, the idea of going to the Southeast Asian League to find gold is helpless but realistic, referring to the South Korean international Kim Xinyu in Singapore to earn 10 million a year, and the pressure of the game is still small, which can be described as an envy of the national football players. However, there are also players who are exceptions, and Wu Lei, who is far away from Espanyol, is one of them.
After joining Espanyol, Wu Lei signed a five-year contract with the club with an annual salary of 7 million yuan. Originally, this salary in the national football team can only rank 14th in the middle reaches, after all, in addition to the general annual salary of 50 million yuan for naturalized players, Zhang Linpeng received 18.5 million, Wei Shihao, Zhang Xizhe, Chi Zhongguo was 12 million, and Yan Junling, Gao Zhunyi, and Liu Dianzuo were all at the level of tens of millions. Therefore, when Wu Lei chose to stay in the Ocean, it is said that some members of the shanghai port team also mocked Wu Lei: "There are tens of millions of dollars in the country that do not earn, and they have to go abroad to shame people." ”
However, with the introduction of the 600,000 salary limit, it is estimated that the players who used to scold Wu Lei were completely dumbfounded, although Wu Lei's performance in Espanyol was not good, and recently there was a trend of being abandoned by head coach Moreno, reduced to a cheerleader, but Wu Lei's annual salary of 7 million will not change, at most in terms of winning bonuses, Wu Lei will take less than before. In this way, Wu Lei's salary for one year, after the upper salary, the international football team has worked hard for 11 years, and the gap is self-evident. Therefore, the advantages of staying in the ocean are also reflected.
Previously, many fans did persuade Wu Lei to open a point, either choosing to transfer to other European teams, or simply lowering his stature and returning to the Chinese Super League, after all, the life of drought and flood protection is too fragrant. Fortunately, in every interview, Wu Lei made it clear that he would not leave espanyol, he said that in the team's two seasons, he has developed feelings with many teammates, and more importantly, his family is very adapted to the slow pace of life in Spanish, the child is also receiving Western-style education from an early age, and if the future son wants to engage in football, it is easier to become a talent in Spain.
It can be said that this statement also completely shuts up those keyboard men. As a player whose fame is not inferior to that of South Korea's King Son Heung-min and Japan's emperor Takushi Minamino, Wu Lei's words and deeds represent the face of Chinese football, so he will not make the act of leaving Espanyol and playing in any lower league. Although he has encountered a lot of bottlenecks in the team at present, he is full of confidence in his future, and on the training ground in recent days, Wu Lei's smile has not disappeared, and it seems that he enjoys his current role.
In fact, judging from Wu Lei's on-field performance this season, Wu Lei deserves better treatment and playing opportunities. At present, Espanyol has a total of 7 forwards, Wu Lei's goals are second only to De Thomas, Puado and Morón, stronger than Embarba, Melendo and Di Mata, if you count assists, then Wu Lei has made two goals for Espanyol this season, and the performance is also ranked fourth, at least much stronger than Di Mata and Melendo. Therefore, it is not too much to call Wu Lei the fourth divine front of the team, and I believe that under his continuous adjustment, he can get more opportunities in the future.