The national team announced the training roster just one day ago, and someone has already announced their withdrawal from the national team. This is not the first time such an incident has occurred since Ivan took office; Ivan was also very angry upon learning about it and directly declared that he would never call up players who do not want to play for China!
"He won't return to the national team because of some personal matters." Ivan confirmed during an interview that naturalized forward Fernandinho will be absent from the latest national team roster. Some journalists also revealed that Fernandinho himself does not want to return to China to play football unless the Chinese Football Association can help him find a club to play for. Obviously, in the face of such absurd demands, the Football Association will not agree. This time, Fernandinho's behavior is also unbecoming; he received so much money for his naturalization back then, yet now he doesn't even pretend anymore. Among so many naturalized players, others without blood ties are more or less willing to express some stance, whether it's Elkeson, Luo Guofu, or Alan. Now, Fernandinho is no longer pretending.
This is not the first time such an incident has happened. When Ivan first joined the team, he wanted to call up veteran Wu Xi for the first training roster, but was rejected by the player himself, who stated: "I no longer have the ability to continue serving the national team." The second instance was Zhang Linpeng, who directly announced his withdrawal from the national team on social media without communicating with the national team. The third was naturalized player Li Ke, who refused Ivan's invitation, citing family matters as the reason for rejecting Ivan's call-up. And this is the fourth time, Ivan is also very angry, directly announcing that he will not call up Fernandinho again.
Fernandinho's withdrawal from the national team, along with Jiang Guangtai and Alan's exits, marks the end of the era of the five major Brazilian naturalized players (Elkeson, Alan, Luo Guofu, Fernandinho, Goulart), and at the same time, former national player Li Ke has also faded away. The players who have rejected Ivan mainly fall into two categories: the first category is the old veterans of the national team, such as Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng, who have made enough money and no longer want to get involved in the muddy waters of the national team. The second category is the naturalized players, who, having received their money, are even less likely to keep their original promises. Moreover, they believe that the level of Chinese football players is very poor and they cannot carry the team at all.
This time, Ivan also continued to rely on young players, promoting young players like Wumiti Jiang and Shandong's young talent Maiwulong. It is estimated that promoting these two players is not intended to heavily rely on them, but rather to immerse them in the atmosphere of the national team, inspire young players, put pressure on older players, and focus on the future development of the first team. Wumiti Jiang, this young man, is really popular with foreign coaches. This 20-year-old player had no experience with the national youth teams before. He was still playing in the China League Two the year before last, and last year he returned to the Three Towns to play in the Chinese Super League, becoming a starter right away. After more than half a season, he suffered a skull fracture, which is terrifying to think about. He has only recently recovered from surgery and has not played any official matches yet, yet both the national youth team's An Dajiao and the national team's Ivan are vying for him.
The fact proves that if we want the national team to progress, we still need to rely on our domestic players to fight on the field. How do you view the role of naturalized players in the national team?