40-year-old Wang Song recently accepted an exclusive interview with the "Football Night" column, in which Wang Song frankly talked about the so-called "football circle" of the world, he said that his biggest regret in his past career is that he failed to get a chance in the national team, and this has something to do with his character.
Wang Song, who has a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan after joining Shijiazhuang Kung Fu, has his own understanding of the madness of the Jin Yuan era, and he feels that the excessively deformed high income has made many players get rich overnight and have an unbalanced mentality, but now the low income of many players will only make more and more parents give up training their children to take root in professional football.
At the end of the interview, Wang Song bluntly said that his football life has begun to "countdown", but it is not yet known when he will retire, Wang Song, who debuted from Sichuan Quanxing in 2001, said that he just wants to cherish every next game and do his best as he has done in the past 23 years.
Wang Song was interviewed by the "Football Night" column
- Your experience in Sichuan Quanxing and your character
"At that time in Sichuan, the influence of many big brothers in the team laid my outlook on life and values, and it can be said that I was a little jealous and hateful, and I was unwilling to compromise. People say that there is no eternal enemy, only eternal interests, it is impossible for me, I would rather have no interests, and it is impossible to violate the bottom line of being a man, this is where I have edges and corners in my heart. ”
- If there were fewer edges and corners, would there be fewer regrets in your career?
"My biggest regret is that I have too little time to play for the national team, first of all, we objectively speaking, there were many excellent players in China at that time, there was competition and choice in the same position, my experience and my personality have something to do with it: during the New Year's holidays, it is normal to exchange gifts, but if I want to give you things for the sake of the position, in order to get more opportunities, this behavior is unacceptable to my values, and I have indeed encountered such a situation in my career."
INTERVIEWER Is the football circle as the media and the public know it different from the football circle you know?
"Most of the football circles you know are superficial and frustrating, very simple, superficial, we as players are more deeply involved, it's really about the interaction between people, the inner struggle between people."
– There's a lot of stuff in football that we can't see
"Because you didn't go deep into the private things in this circle, for example, I joined Shijiazhuang Kung Fu in the middle of the season last year, in fact, part of the reason why I hesitated before making a decision was that the team had players I didn't like at that time, not simply and purely disliked, but I felt that if he was there, it would not be conducive to the unity of the team and the overall stability. In fact, last year, Kung Fu had a very big chance to surpass, but because of ...... (hesitates)"
"I won't say who it is, it's not good."
The "Football Night" column revealed that in addition to the specific player just mentioned, Wang Song will also have specific requirements when choosing a team, that is, if necessary, the contract needs to indicate that if a domestic coach joins the team, he will resume his free body.
——In the National Olympic team, the "four young people who worship money" incident
"The hat of 'worshipping money four less' is too big, I grew up with my grandfather since I was a child, I hope he can see my performance in the national brand, you say, how can such a child find a coach to ask for a bonus, and if he doesn't give a bonus, he will play negatively. I was 19 years old at the time, and I didn't expect to be beaten like a struggle in a team that I longed for so much. ”
- It's not easy to be alone in football
"It's hard to be the soul of a team, or some sensitive positions."
– Is money important to professional footballers?
"Money is very important to players, without the promotion of money, how can players give up so many things and choose to focus on football, not to mention the Chinese Super League, many players in the first and second divisions have a salary of more than 100,000 or more than 200,000 a year, why do many parents give up their studies for their children for this money, and strive to take root in professional football, there is not so much love to talk about."
– What was the biggest contract of your career?
"Everyone knows that my biggest contract is in Suning, with a salary of 7 million, eight or nine million a year."
INTERVIEWER When did you start to feel that player wages are going up so fast?
"In 2015 or 16, when many clubs increased their investment, top domestic players could get more than 10 million or 20 million salaries a year. At that time, the salary of the players was so outrageous that I joked that now those who can play long passes from 30 meters away can sign a contract with an annual salary of 3 million, which is unthinkable for a player who came over in my time. ”
"At that time, the owners of the club were investing, and we players caught up with the dividends, and we can't blame the players, everyone just made reasonable use of the opportunities given by the times and earned more money."
INTERVIEWER What happens to the life of a player who suddenly makes a lot of money?
"There will be subtle changes in mentality, after getting rich, can you still continue your original intention and work hard to pursue things in competition, I have seen some players in one or two years or even two or three years, the state of the decline is very fast."
- Will you go to a bar?
'It's a bit hypocritical for me to say that I don't drink a bit, I'll drink a little bit and just have a drink or two during the holidays or after a win, because I've always been clear about what to refuse as a professional.
"No one in foreign countries doesn't touch these, and having a drink after a meal doesn't affect the sport. Of course, competitive sports are merit-based, and many things will be magnified, such as barbecue can't be eaten, and the barbecue eaten by foreign players is not also barbecue? ”
– What is the difference between a 17-year-old player of your time and a 17-year-old player now?
"We were all the best of the best of the best to become professional footballers, and now it's probably because there are so few players, it's not like that anymore. You must know that the people who can survive the fierce competition have a lot of excellent qualities, and now there are not many people who play football, the selection of materials is not wide, the youth training model and youth training institutions are uneven, and the professional players who come out are not the elite of the elite, they can only be said to be 'good of the good', and the quality of will in all aspects, such as tenacity, hard work and perseverance, is worse than we were at that time. ”
INTERVIEWER Have you ever considered becoming a head coach?
'It's hard to be a manager, as a player I can show my understanding of football on the pitch, but as a coach your team doesn't necessarily express your tactical ideas very well. When I leave the position of a professional footballer, maybe I will enjoy the role of coach, but for now I am still focused on the role of a player. ”
- You have always been very frank in your expression, and after all these years, the football community still accommodates you
"On the one hand, my physical foundation is okay at the competitive level, but you have to know that there are not many platforms for veteran players like me to show me opportunities. Many fans and friends may think that many teams are rushing to want Wang Song, but in fact, this is not the case, at a certain age, many people will not treat you as their own person, will not trust you, will feel that you will not obey the management and affect the team. So I'm also grateful to Kung Fu for giving me this platform and being willing to accept me at my age. ”
INTERVIEWER Have you ever thought about when to retire?
"I am definitely reluctant if you ask me not to play suddenly, but if I am not capable at the competitive level in the future, you tell me to kick and I will not kick, it is very ugly, and it is definitely not what I pursue to be like that Miura Chira in Japan. I know I'm counting down my footballing life, but I don't know exactly how long it will take, I'm just going to give it my all every game and cherish the time I have left. ”