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A new model for soccer development

National-type clubs are popular in the five leagues

By Bo EllisPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
A new model for soccer development
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The current top five leagues have seen a number of national team-type clubs, not so much controlled by national capital like Newcastle and Paris Saint-German, but a club with a large number of foreign players of the same nationality.

Among these national team type clubs, the most typical ones are Wolves and Brent ford, two Premier League teams.

Wolves is a Chinese team, but the club has reached a deep cooperation with the famous Portuguese agent Menes, the team's successive two managers are Portuguese, and is constantly importing Portuguese players, its first team registered as many as 10 Portuguese players this season. In contrast, there is only one English player in the team, which at first glance looks more like a Portuguese team.

Brent ford's owner, Matthew Bentham, also runs a Danish team, Midland, which has given him deep connections in Danish football.

The level of competition in the English Premier League is naturally much higher than in the Portuguese and Danish leagues, and the model of Wolves and Brent ford is extremely beneficial for the development of soccer in both countries, especially for their national teams.

Is the same model also worthy of learning from Chinese soccer? First of all, the problem of Chinese soccer is that our top players can only play on the bench in the middle and lower teams of La Lisa, and most of the national players do not have the ability to play in the top 5 leagues. Secondly, to play in the PL, you need a labor permit, and to play in La Lisa, you need to take up the only 3 non-European player spots, which is also a big obstacle for Chinese teams to sign Chinese players.

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However, there are still Chinese teams that have made new attempts in this direction.

The Chinese team in La Lisa, Bespangle, signed a Chinese-born striker, Bittersweet, after sending off Wu Lei this summer, and made a point of highlighting his Chinese player status in the official announcement. The newest addition to the list is the newest addition to the list, the newest addition to the list is the newest addition to the list, the newest addition to the list is the newest addition to the list, the newest addition to the list is the newest addition to the list, the newest addition to the list is the newest addition to the list, the newest addition to the list is the newest addition to the list. It is reported that Birthrate's great-grandmother is from Guangdong.

Birmingham City, a Chinese team in the Championship, signed Chinese player Zhang Tisha (Chinese name: Chen Day) from Manchester United this summer. The player was often called "Zhang Xian" by fans because of his poor performance in Manchester United, but hopefully he will do well in the Championship.

Both Galbraith and Zhang Tass are fourth generation Chinese, not eligible for naturalization by blood. But the Chinese team's attempt to sign them both does give us a way of thinking. Our football world has naturalized a number of players of Chinese descent in recent years, and we have seen Jiang Guangdong, Li Kr, Ho Pyongyang and Xian Tao, players of Chinese descent who have done well abroad, playing in the Chinese Super League environment, getting more and more stinky, if they had not returned to the Chinese Super League but played for a Chinese team in Europe, would the situation have been very different? Would things have been much different if they hadn't returned to the CAL and played for a Chinese team in Europe?

It should be noted that players of Chinese descent within three generations can represent the national football team as long as they are naturalized, and there is no requirement for length of time playing in the domestic league, so this line of thinking is at least something to try out.

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Bo Ellis

As a sports enthusiast, I hope more people love sports and life as much as I do.

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