The 33-year-old two former internationals announced their retirement, not too old, why did they say goodbye to the field in advance?
If measured by previous standards, players have basically reached the age of retirement when they are about 33 years old, but from the current point of view, as long as the body is maintained well, this age is still in the age of playing. Whether in the national team or club, at home or abroad, players aged 33 or even older can still occupy the main position. For example, Shanghai Shenhua, known as the "Chinese Super League Nursing Home", has a large proportion of older players.
Although the physical fitness of players at this age has declined, experience and awareness can make up for the disadvantages caused by age, and many veterans around 33 years old still have good performances.
Taking the five major leagues as an example, Benzema and Modric, who are 70 years old combined, have made a big splash and helped Real Madrid eliminate The Greater Paris. They are still the absolute main force of Real Madrid this season, not just an occasional flash of inspiration, but basically maintain full attendance. Benzema, in particular, finished at the top of the top scorers list with seven goals ahead of second place.
Looking at the Chinese Super League, this season's Golden Boot Junier, as well as Shandong Taishan's core foreign aid Fellaini and others are over the age of 33. Among the local players, Lu Wenjun of Shanghai Harbor (33 years old), Gao Lin of Shenzhen team (36 years old), Huang Xiyang of Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic (36 years old) ... They are still the main players in the team, and even the core players.
It can be seen that the 33-year-old veteran can still play a huge role, and a team with a reasonable age structure needs to be matched with the old, middle and young.
However, according to the news, many veterans are afraid to retire early. Among them, in recent days, Zhang Chiming and Mei Fang, two former internationals, have announced their farewell to the field.
Zhang Chiming, who announced his retirement at the age of 33, was once selected for the national football team and is now the coach of the Chengdu Football Association. His career can be described as short-lived, but it did not become popular for a while by luck, and he also has good strength. Although he gradually declined and even could not play in official matches, this had a lot to do with his choice of direction, but in the past, the lower league should have a place.
Mei Fang, who is not yet 33 years old (younger than Zhang Linpeng), announced that he had bid farewell to the green field and was once a member of the main international and the AFC Champions League champion. The leg injury is the reason he gave for his retirement, but it is not in the situation of being completely unable to play, even if it is not suitable to stay in the Chinese Super League, it should be no problem to go to a Chinese Second Division team.
Taking them as an example, due to their status and injury reasons, they cannot play the main force in the Middle Division, and there should be no problem for Gu Guo to join as a player and assistant coach. Players like them are still relatively popular in the second division of the Chinese first division, but this is the case before, and now many teams are reluctant to use it.
Today's league environment is not good, sponsors are gradually lost, clubs have lost important income, and every penny must be saved. As the main force of the Chinese Super League and the international footballer in the past, the salary requirements are low, and they are much higher than most of the young players who have just debuted, which is also a big burden on the clubs, to put it bluntly, the main reason for rejuvenation is to save money.
For veterans like them, if they can only get the same salary as young players, there is little motivation to continue playing. One is that the players' lives are boring and tedious, and the other is that they have accumulated a certain amount of savings in their previous careers, and it is difficult to impress them if the income is not high, and it is better to make life easier.
Therefore, they directly choose to retire (more and more players will join the ranks), although there are factors of reluctance to "yield", but more because old people like them will become "burdensome", and not many clubs are willing to provide them with satisfactory salaries.
Some argue that a large number of veterans retiring early is a good thing, giving younger players more opportunities. However, everything must have a degree, football not only to have a steady stream of fresh blood, but also to have old players to play a role in passing on the help. But now it seems that I am afraid that I will also face the embarrassment of "fault".