Last year's anti-gambling and anti-corruption storm in football set off huge waves in domestic football, especially the anti-corruption case implicated former national team coach Li Tie, former first and second in command of the Football Association Chen Xuyuan, Du Zhaocai and others, and almost no one at the top of the entire Football Association stayed out of the matter. Unlike the anti-corruption case, which caused great damage, although the anti-gambling case has not been made public and there is no specific case information, we fans are well aware of how much damage match-fixing and gambling have caused to the league. Many current players, head coaches, and managers were taken away for investigation in this anti-gambling case.
There is an active well-known domestic player who suddenly stayed in New Zealand during the anti-corruption and anti-gambling cases, so there was such a voice among fans and the media, saying that he stayed abroad because he wanted to avoid investigation, and this player was the former Tianjin Jinmen Tigers player Zhou Tong. The timing of Zhou Tong's stay in Yang is very delicate, just before the start of last season, he joined the New Zealand team Auckland City, and that winter window, a number of Chinese Super League players were taken away for investigation, and after the start of the league, Hao Wei, Jin Jingdao and others also lost contact because of the gambling case, so there were many Zhou Tong who stayed in the United States in order to avoid the limelight.
However, Zhou Tong has now returned to China and participated in the interview program of Tianjin media, and also responded to the previous rumors. In the face of speculation from the outside world, Zhou Tong said that he is a Chinese player, and the group of Chinese players themselves is always criticized and criticized by the outside world, so they need to have a certain ability to resist pressure. Although there have always been such rumors, Zhou Tong himself has never responded to this, and now he has returned to China and participated in the show safely, which shows that he has no problems. As he said, he has the ability to resist pressure, and he doesn't have to care about those rumors if he hasn't done it.
Zhou Tong said that he chose to stay in the United States at the age of 33, mainly for two reasons, first of all, his wife wanted to study and study in New Zealand, when the two already had children, and the separation of the two places was very bad for his life, so Zhou Tong began to look for opportunities to play football in New Zealand. It just so happened that Oakland City also wanted Zhou Tong to join, and the two sides hit it off, and Zhou Tong went to Liuyang. On the other hand, although Auckland City's strength is average, it is a frequent visitor to the Club World Cup, and any player wants to be on a stage like the Club World Cup, so Zhou Tong hopes to join Auckland City even if it is for the Club World Cup.
Zhou Tong's reputation in China when he played football was mixed, and he suddenly stayed abroad during the anti-gambling investigation, so many people speculated about him. Of course, for himself, this time he has been planning to stay abroad for a long time, and he was 33 years old when he stayed abroad last year, and it was time to take care of his family, so after some planning and discussion, he "suddenly" had the result of staying abroad. Of course, his return to China also gave answers to everyone's doubts.