Fernandinho has not participated in the new round of national team training, causing an uproar among fans.
In order to prepare for the top 18 matches in March, national team coach Ivan Kozlovic decided to launch a new round of training after comprehensive opinions and discussions with the Football Association. This is to ensure that new tactics and systems can be instilled in the players early. At the same time, it is also to observe more newcomers and young players, providing more choices for subsequent lineup arrangements.
It is worth noting that Ivan Kozlovic held a special welcome ceremony for the naturalized player Hou Yongyong, who was selected for the national team for the first time, along with several newly selected newcomers. However, in the face of Fernandinho's absence, the coaching staff seemed unwilling to give too many interviews. However, after the team training ended, Ivan still gave an answer, frankly admitting that Fernandinho was absent due to physical reasons and had already informed the coaching staff.
However, such an explanation is clearly difficult to silence public opinion.
Moreover, just recently, Fernandinho posted a new dynamic on his personal social media, showing that he is currently engaged in running training. It seems that Fernandinho's body does not have too many physical problems; it is simply a matter of personal will, unwilling to participate in the training. This move has also been fiercely criticized by fans, with comments like "cloud training" flooding the comment section.
However, Fernandinho's habit of being undisciplined and uncontrollable is not the first time. When he was at Shandong Taishan, it was because he did not obey the arrangement of the coaching staff that he was directly neglected, eventually angering the team and being sent to Shanghai Shenhua. Now this problem has appeared again in the national team, which is not surprising.
Fernandinho now indeed has some airs of being a big shot, feeling that his competitive state, after being cultivated by Shandong Taishan and Shanghai Shenhua, has gradually found the feeling of the game. Moreover, at present, it is only a training session and not a real international match day, so Fernandinho himself wants to put more energy into rest and recuperation.
Furthermore, there is a more important point that is also crucial to whether Fernandinho can return to the national team in the future. To date, Fernandinho has not found an ideal new club and is unsure if he can return to the Chinese Super League. If no Chinese Super League team signs him in the new season, he is likely to bid farewell to the national team.
What is the current situation of Fernandinho? In fact, after his contract with Shandong Taishan ended, Fernandinho's first choice was to sign with Shanghai Shenhua. After all, during the half-year loan period, the overall cooperation and environment basically met his expectations. However, the signing conditions he demanded were quite troublesome for Shenhua. Although the specific details were not disclosed, it is reported that there was a contract of about three years, plus a salary close to one million, which made the management of Shenhua shake their heads. After all, with these signing conditions, the team could easily find a better foreign aid.
Combining this with Slutsky's opinion, Shanghai Shenhua ultimately chose to give up.
In addition to Shenhua, several mid-to-lower table teams have been trying to sign Fernandinho, but his agent team has remained uncompromising on the terms, resulting in no new signing progress.
The reason for this is mainly that Fernandinho believes his abilities have reached the level of a foreign aid, so he offers a salary of hundreds of thousands, believing it to be reasonable and certainly not exceeding one million. Added to the fact that he is nearing the end of his career, seeking a long-term contract should also be understood.
Little did he know that Fernandinho's self-satisfaction has created a double obstacle for him in both the Chinese Super League and the national team.
His disobedient personality, uncertain competitive state, and daunting salary conditions mean that in the current Chinese football environment, he faces a situation where strong teams look down on him and weak teams cannot afford him.
However, according to the latest transfer dynamics, Fernandinho's agent team is actively contacting Chengdu Rongcheng. The reason is clear: Rongcheng has ample salary space and urgently needs reinforcement in various positions for the new season's multi-front battles. Moreover, Chengdu Rongcheng previously stated that they want to find a national-level attacking winger in the domestic market, with Xie Pengfei being the focus of their pursuit, but the progress has not been smooth. Fernandinho can play as a winger, a counter-attacking single forward, or even an attacking midfielder, and has experience as a national team player and rich experience in the Asian Champions League, all of which meet Chengdu Rongcheng's recruitment criteria.
But there is still the issue that although Chengdu Rongcheng needs such talent and has ample salaries, they are not foolishly generous. They will definitely make significant restrictions on many details of cooperation. It remains to be seen whether Fernandinho will accept this at that time.