Where did Zhang Xiuwei go? Spontaneous training to maintain the state, if there is a chance to stay in the ocean is preferred
Reporter Wang Wei reported that on July 1, the second transfer window of the domestic league is about to open, and a number of well-known domestic players did not register in the winter transfer registration window at the beginning of this year, including Zhang Xiuwei, who played in Guangzhou last year. Zhang Xiuwei, who missed the winter registration last year, only registered to play after the second turn last year, so where is the future of Zhang Xiuwei after the second turn this year?
About 3 months ago, that is, during the winter training in early March this year, after ending his contract with Guangzhou Football Club, Zhang Xiuwei briefly joined the Guangzhou City team to train, at that time, Li Weifeng led the team training in the Guangzhou City team, Zhang Xiuwei trained with the team mainly to maintain the state, did not have substantive contact with the club, and because Guangzhou City could not see the future at that time, players like Hu Rentian, Yan Zihao, Qiu Tianyi, Gao Huaze, who joined the team's trial training eventually left.
Zhang Xiuwei maintained good form during the winter training period, and he also participated in many warm-up matches during the Guangzhou City tryout, playing a central role in the team at that time. However, with the dissolution of the Guangzhou City team, Zhang Xiuwei also ended this period of training in the Guangzhou City team.
For Zhang Xiuwei, his situation is similar to Wei Shihao, in the past two years of Chinese Super League competitions, although the treatment is not as good as before, he still helped Guangzhou team complete his work task, after the end of the 2022 season, Zhang Xiuwei was given a free agency.
However, due to missing a crucial period in the search for a new team, Zhang Xiuwei was unable to join his favorite team in the winter transfer window of the 2023 season. For the past three months, Zhang Xiuwei has maintained a certain intensity of training to maintain his readiness to play in the league.
For Zhang Xiuwei, his football road has been a bit bumpy in the past year and a half, first of all, at the beginning of the 2022 season, Guangzhou did not register him and Li Xuepeng in the Chinese Super League, and it was not until the second transfer period of the league that Zhang Xiuwei successfully reported and helped Guangzhou play the second phase of the 2022 season. At the beginning of the 2023 season, Zhang Xiuwei once again failed to register in the winter window and failed to join a new team. After Zhang Xiuwei failed to appear in the list of teams in the Chinese Super League or China League One for the new season, an offer from a Chinese Champions League team issued an offer to him, but Zhang Xiuwei declined.
At this moment, Zhang Xiuwei was waiting for an opportunity. As we all know, Zhang Xiuwei had the experience of staying in the ocean, 9 years ago, when he was only 18 years old, he was favored by the French club Lyon and officially signed with the French club Lyon, becoming the first Chinese footballer to sign with the club Lyon. From July 2014, Zhang Xiuwei will qualify for Lyon in the reserve league and the U19 league, and in August 2014, in the second round of the French Division, Lyon B team drew 1-1 at home to city rivals Lyon Duchel, Zhang Xiuwei made his French league debut.
After failing to join the domestic side in the winter transfer window earlier this year, Zhang Xiuwei appeared to set his sights on Europe again, to the French league, and he also expressed his desire to play abroad at the beginning of the year. Teams like France's Auxerre have expressed some interest in Chinese players and are also optimistic about Zhang Xiuwei. If there is a chance to stay in the ocean next, this will be Zhang Xiuwei's first choice.
Of course, after thousands of sails, in the second transfer process, joining the Chinese Super League team is also a realistic choice for Zhang Xiuwei, born in 1996, Zhang Xiuwei is 27 years old this year, is currently in the prime of his career, and has been optimistic about the outside world since he participated in the professional league. Zhang Xiuwei has been known for his brains and technical skills since he was a child, and can assume a certain metronome function in midfield. His characteristics are exactly what many teams in the Chinese Super League lack, and if an Chinese Super League team sends him an olive branch during the second transfer, it is entirely possible for him to stay in China and continue to play in the Chinese Super League.
In addition, with the opening of the secondary transfer window, players such as Dai Weijun, Wu Xinghan, Delgado and Hao Junmin who failed to register or participate in the winter window are also attracting attention during the second transfer period.