Chinese women's football team to stay in the ocean to add another person! Zhang Linyan confirmed to join Tottenham and reported for duty after playing in the Asian Games
Following Tang Jiali, Wu Chengshu and Li Mengwen, Chinese women's international Zhang Linyan has also confirmed that she will continue to stay in the ocean, and her next stop will be Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. Zhang Linyan went to Shanghai on the 13th to complete the relevant procedures for going to the UK. If nothing else, she will report to Tottenham Hotspur after representing the Chinese women's football team at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
After the end of the 9th Women's World Cup, the Chinese women's football team set off a new round of players staying in the ocean. Prior to this, Tang Jiali, Wu Chengshu and Li Mengwen have joined Levantelas Palaz in the Western Premier League, Dijon in Ligue 1 and Brighton Club in the Premier League. Among them, Wu Chengshu and Tang Jiali have just reported to the new club recently, and the club team needs them to stay in the team to prepare for the new season of Ligue 1 and the Premier League, so they did not have the opportunity to represent the Chinese women's football team in the Hangzhou Asian Games. Li Mengwen returned to China on September 13 because the new women's Premier League season only started on October 1, and joined the Chinese women's football team in Suzhou on the same day.
In fact, before the above three players confirmed their stay in the ocean, Zhang Linyan's landing in the Premier League had also been settled. After playing for the women's Swiss Grasshopper Club last season and winning the league's best player, Zhang Linyan began to seek to reach the next level on the road to staying in the ocean. Prior to this, a women's Bundesliga club threw an "olive branch" to Zhang Linyan, but due to language and other factors, Zhang Linyan finally declined the invitation. Soon, under the operation of the sponsor and the agent team, Zhang Linyan received an invitation from Tottenham Hotspur Club in the Premier League.
After returning from Adelaide, Australia, with the Chinese women's football team from the World Cup group stage on August 4, Zhang Linyan did not immediately join the new overseas club, but temporarily returned to her parent team Wuhan Chegujiang University Women's Football Team, and represented the team in the latest stage of the Women's Super League. But in fact, her continued stay in the ocean has long been finalized. It's just that she needs to maintain her competitive condition through the women's super competition, and at the same time contribute to the Chinese women's football team to compete for the Asian Games medals.
Counting Zhang Linyan, 4 of the current international players of the Chinese women's football team have stayed in the ocean after the World Cup, and the 4 players have joined the five major European league clubs. In addition, Wang Shuang continued to play for Louisville Athletic FC of the US Women's National Soccer League after the World Cup. High-quality overseas study is more challenging for them, and it is also more conducive to the improvement of their own capabilities, thereby enhancing the international competitiveness of Chinese women's football. It is worth noting that Zhang Linyan is also the second Chinese female footballer to join Tottenham Hotspur after Tang Jiali in 2021.
On the 13th, Zhang Linyan, who was training with the Chinese women's football team in Suzhou, made a special trip to Shanghai and went through the relevant procedures for going to the UK. As the Paris Olympics women's Asian zone is scheduled to be played from October 26 to November 1, the international break cycle, Zhang Linyan is still expected to represent the Chinese women's football team in this event.
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao