The naturalization policy rose in the Qatar World Cup cycle, from Li Ke to Gaulart, domestic clubs naturalized many high-level players, but at the same time, blind naturalization also introduced many players who could not play for the national football team, either because of the restrictions of the rules or the players themselves did not have the level to become international footballers. In short, there are only a few naturalizations that can really help the national team and clubs, and at present, only Jiang Guangtai can be regarded as a successful naturalization, not only with a low annual salary but also with outstanding strength, but also willing to stay in China to play.
A few days ago, naturalized striker Gaulart renewed his contract with Bahia promoted team Atletico Bahia, and the cooperation between the two sides was relatively smooth last season, and Gaulart finally found his confidence and form in the second division to help Atletico Bahia promote to the Bundesliga, so the club hopes to renew the contract with the naturalized player. At the launch of the renewal of his contract, Goulart announced an important decision, in which he confirmed that work is underway to restore Brazilian citizenship. He has left the job entirely to his team, and he himself is not sure about the progress and status of his restoration, but he is optimistic that he will be able to register as an internal aid before the start of the new season.
Restoration of citizenship first needs to be applied for and filed on our side, and then it will flow to Brazil. Goulart's naturalization work was completed in 2020, but because he returned to the Brazilian league on loan from Guangzhou for half a season, he was unable to meet the requirements of playing in China for five consecutive years, because such a mistake led to Gaulart, as the type of national football team, unable to play for the national team. Soon the Guangzhou team could not afford the high salaries of naturalized players, and eventually Gaulart had to return to Brazilian football. Gaulart, who had just returned to Brazil, was still registered as a foreign aid, but the team's foreign aid quota for the new season was very tight, so Gaulart made the decision to restore his nationality.
At the press conference, Gaulart did not mention his identity as a Chinese player, nor did he mention the relevant situation of the national football team, it can be said that the Guangzhou team spent a lot of money to completely naturalize loneliness. Unlike the current stretched state of the Guangzhou team, the Guangzhou team spent a total of more than 1 billion yuan on naturalizing Gaulart, Alan, Axon, Fernando and Jiang Guangtai. As the most expensive and highest-level naturalization, the Guangzhou team spent the most on him, signing fees, settlement fees and annual salaries totaling 500 million.
Gaulart is not the only naturalized player who has returned to his original country, and Xiao Taotao, who is naturalized by blood, is also working on it. At the same time, Luo Guofu also publicly said that he has earned enough, and playing football in the future will no longer depend on the income, but to enjoy the happiness of football, so that Luo Guofu will not return to China, and due to the many rules and regulations of the national football team, Luo Guofu will probably no longer play for the national football team. As a result, the naturalization policy that the Football Association had vigorously promoted was now a complete failure.