Strong Waist

In an apartment in London, Zheng Xin was packing his things and putting the prepared clothes into his suitcase.

He will leave for Paris, France in three days.

Unknowingly, Zheng Xin has been working in London for eight years.

After the 2002 World Cup, he was assigned to work in London. As a sports media practitioner, during his eight years in London, he welcomed batches of Chinese players and watched them leave this land. .

Starting with Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai, the youth training program then flourished and welcomed players such as Yu Hao and Guo Liang.

It's a pity that they all failed to achieve enough success in this land.

Perhaps Sun Jihai, who wore the Manchester City captain's armband in the final farewell game, can be regarded as the most successful Chinese player in the Premier League.

Think back to eight years ago.

Zheng Xin shouted "Fan Zhiyi!" at Selhurst Park, the home ground of Crystal Palace. Awesome! ’

At Manchester City’s home stadium, tens of thousands of Manchester City fans shouted ‘Chinese Sun! ’

But these will eventually become memories!

After that, Yu Hao and Guo Liang left the Premier League stage after only two seasons and switched to other teams.

After Guo Liang left West Ham United, Zheng Xin's work in London also came to an end.

He will go to Paris, France, to start a new journalist career.

And there, it must be much more exciting than London.

Chinese player Wang Yi is currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain. He scored 40 goals in a single season and helped Paris Saint-Germain win the Ligue 1 championship again.

The 23-year-old Wang Yi used his ‘golden right foot’ to kick out the Chinese people’s confidence!

Of course, Wang Yi is not the only one who has performed well among Chinese overseas players in Europe.

For example, Chinese young player Chen Man currently plays for Porto in the Portuguese Super League.

Chen Man's name is Manou, but this guy is a fast horse on the wing. Porto even said that when Chen Man ran at full speed, he was as fast as Tottenham Hotspur's Bale.

It is this kind of quick footwork that allows 18-year-old Chen Man to secure his position as Porto's main force.

Speaking of which, Chen Man is still a product of the third batch of planned youth training.

Plan youth training is a youth football training project jointly carried out by the General Administration of Sports and the Chinese Football Association after 2002.

As it approaches marketization, it will be jointly managed and controlled by the General Administration of Sports and the Football Association.

Hard indicators are used to continuously train a large number of young players. After being screened at all levels, they are immediately sent abroad for further study.

Today's planned youth training sites are distributed in various European leagues, and these channels have also led a steady stream of Chinese teenagers to enter the top professional arena.

In terms of defenders, defender Liu Kairui, who plays for Atletico Madrid in La Liga, announced that he has become a Chinese national.

19-year-old Liu Kairui is of mixed race.

My father is Chinese and my mother is Spanish.

Liu Kairui has shown amazing football talent since he was a child, and he rose to the first team from the youth training of Atletico Madrid.

Now he has become a stable starting player at the age of 19.

The most gratifying thing is that when Liu Kairui became an adult at the age of 18, he resolutely chose Chinese nationality and gave up his Spanish nationality.

And this also injected a boost into China's defense.

Zheng Xin also asked Liu Kairui why he chose Chinese nationality.

In this regard, Liu Kairui's response was simple. His father hoped that the Chinese team could go further in the World Cup, so he chose Chinese nationality in order to fulfill his father's wish.

After Liu Kairui chose Chinese nationality, the national team quickly contacted him. Such a strong support was a boost for the Chinese team.

The iron guard of Atletico Madrid!

This is the sweet potato in the eyes of many teams.

Wang Yi!

Chen Man!

Kelly Liu!

These three people correspond to the center, wing, and defender respectively!

Can be of great help to the corresponding location.

The only pity is that China has never had a so-called midfielder!

The emergence of Wang Yi helped the Chinese team break the problem of weak forwards. A player who has killed all sides in Ligue 1 is capable enough to break this dilemma.

It often happens that the midfielder cannot keep up with Wang Yi's forward speed.

After all, compared to Wang Yi, a player who is active in European competitions, the pace of competition in China's internal leagues is indeed slower.

Although these players are all excellent, they still cannot show Wang Yi's strongest side.

In the 2010 World Cup group stage, in the match between China and Denmark, Wang Yi scored two goals, but he was still unable to turn the tide.

The overall gap cannot be bridged by Wang Yi alone.

In this regard, Wang Yi also acted extremely sad after the game, and the fans felt distressed watching it.

But there is no way!

If the Chinese team wants to break through and enter the knockout rounds at this stage, they need a lot of Wang Yi!

What Wang Yi needs is not just team members who only know how to rely on him, but a partner who can fight alongside him!

Therefore, the emergence of Chen Man and Liu Kairui has made many people optimistic about their future.

"It's time to go!"

Zheng Xin stretched himself. He had lived in London for eight years and was reluctant to leave suddenly.

Jingle bell, jingle bell!

The cell phone rings.

Zheng Xin picked up the phone and connected.

"Lao En, are you here to say goodbye to me?" Zheng Xin said with a smile.

Lawn is a reporter for the London Sporting News. Although he works in London, this guy is a Manchester City fan. They also met at the Manchester City Stadium and became a good friend.

As media workers, we sometimes exchange information, and the friendship is very good.

"I don't think you can leave!" Lawn's voice was full of playfulness.

In response, Zheng Xin just thought the other party was joking and said, "Give me a reason!"

"Maybe there is a reason!" Lawn laughed and said; "My friend who works at the Labor Bureau told me that a Chinese player passed the hearing of the 'Special Genius Clause' yesterday and officially joined the Arsenal Club!"

Hearing this, Zheng Xin was stunned.

"Are you sure?" Zheng Xin was in disbelief.

In response, Lawn said, "That is a trustworthy friend, and there is no need for him to tell me such lies, no need!"

Zheng Xin's heart suddenly shook!

A Chinese player joins Arsenal on special talent terms!

This is big news!

"wait for me a while!"

After saying that, Zheng Xin tilted his head to hold the phone, opened the packed suitcase with both hands, and rummaged through it.

He took out a laptop and quickly opened it to enter the Arsenal official website.

He began to quickly scroll through the recent news.

If such a thing really happens, the official website will definitely report it.

Sure enough, Zheng Xin found a notice in a corner.

The notice was extremely concise, and if Zheng Xin hadn't been looking for it intentionally, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

‘On July 3, 2011, Arsenal signed a young Chinese player from Sporting CP for 800,000 euros! ’

Seeing this, Zheng Xin's eyes suddenly widened!

it is true!

"Dude, I'll call you later!"

After Zheng Xin finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly.

Then he started typing furiously on the keyboard again.

He first searched for information about the Chinese teenager on Arsenal's official website.

But other than that sentence, there was no information.

This gave Zheng Xin a huge headache.

He could only adopt roundabout tactics, trace the source, and go to the official website of Sporting CP.

After rummaging around again, I finally found last season's lineup.

Finally, he found it.

This is a young face, looking about seventeen or eighteen years old.

[Name: Lucky]

【Age: 17】

[Pitch position: Defender/Left and right foot]

[Status; sold]

Zheng Xin stared blankly at the young face in the photo. A player who asked Arsenal to use the special talent clause was right under his nose, and he almost missed it.

Zheng Xin was a little annoyed but at the same time he had a glimmer of hope.

He opens a game data website.

Here you can view the performance of all players under UEFA in each season.

When he found Lucky, he finally saw Lucky's data.

Participated in a total of 25 games, which means that he was not stable at the beginning of the season, but gradually stabilized his starting position in the later stages.

But the next statistic scared him.

80 steals?

What kind of efficiency is this?

Although Sporting CP is indeed a team that is good at defending, these 80 steals are a bit astonishing.

With an average of 2 steals per game, it's no wonder Wenger is so excited.

"No! I have to watch the game video!"

After saying that, Zheng Xin found the game video of Sporting CP last season. He only watched Lucky's performance on the court.

With this look, a whole night passed.