Entering 2023, Chinese football can be said to have come to winter again. This year, national teams of all ages will face important competitions, and the Football Association is also fully promoting the resumption of the International Invitational Tournament, Weifang Cup, Panda Cup and other events, which cannot be ruled out to be reheld this year. In addition, the national football team will also travel to Qatar in June this year to compete in the quadrennial Asian Cup.
For the national football team, the Asian Cup is also the only international competition that can participate in the finals, so the Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to it. However, whether the naturalized players will participate in this year's national team competition needs to be questioned, because at present, many naturalized players, including Axon, Luo Guofu and Alan, have returned to Brazil, basically nothing, will not return to China.
Recently, naturalized player Gaulart said after completing the contract extension with the team Atlético Bahia that he is restoring his Brazilian nationality, which also shows that Gaulart and China are about to die. At the same time, Gaulart will also be the first naturalized players to renounce their Chinese nationality, in addition to him, Xiao Taotao (Roberto Xiao) is also working on the restoration of nationality in Peru, and these two players will officially return to their original nationality in February and March at the earliest.
Of course, except for Gaulart and Xiao Taotao, other naturalized players will continue to maintain Chinese nationality in a short period of time. For example, four players, Axon, Allan, Luo Guofu and Fernando, are all qualified to play for the national team, so it is unlikely that they will recover their Brazilian nationality in a short time, but whether they will participate in this year's Asian Cup with the national team is a question. In addition, Li Ke, Hou Yongyong and Jiang Guangtai are likely to remain Chinese nationals for a long time, because these players are still playing in the domestic league.
Since the introduction of the naturalization policy, in just a few years, it has ended in failure. I have to say that this feat of the Football Association really amazes our fans, spending countless money, naturalizing so many players back, under the banner of impacting the World Cup, but in the end, it is a chicken feather!