I'm sure many fans have watched the national soccer team's 0-0 draw with Tajikistan in their first match of the Asian Cup. The national soccer team was passive for almost 70 minutes. Wu Lei, who was highly expected by everyone, also had nothing to do on the pitch and was finally replaced by Jankovic in the second half. This is the kind of helplessness that people rarely see from Wu Lei. China's best striker can't seem to save the national soccer team.
But then we all thought about it, Wu Lei is 33 years old, he is also a veteran. As a person with long speed, explosive power and flexible keys, it is normal for him to deteriorate. It can be said that Wu Lei has long needed a successor. Unfortunately, in recent years, we do have a lot of Wu Lei successors, such as Liu Ruofan and Tao Qianglong. , but their development seems to be not as good as expected.
Especially Liu Ruowan vanadium, he and Wu Lei are from Genbao base, he is Wu Lei's own brother. And he was once held in the palm of Xu Genbao's hand, and even sent him alone to Spain for training. When he was young, the fans also called him "Liu Ruoma" because he was very good, very good. He was also regarded as the real Wu Lei 2.0, then he joined Shanghai Shenhua at the age of 17. He made his debut in the Chinese Super League at the age of 18 and scored his first goal in the Chinese Super League. It can be said that many people were looking forward to Liu Ruofan at that time.
However, after that, Liu Ruowan vanadium soon suffered from injuries and drops. Shenhua also became a fringe player. Apart from a loan spell at China A's Chengdu Rongcheng, Shenhua was basically benched at all other times. Last season, he only played five games with Shenhua and got no stats. You can imagine his miserable situation. As a result, he also announced at the beginning of the year that he did not renew his contract with Shenhua and left the team for free.
Where will Liu Ruofan leave Shenhua? There has been news recently. According to Football Daily, Wuhan Three Town are negotiating with Liu Ruofan to join them. For Liu Ruofan, this transfer could be a turning point in his career. He needs a stage where he can utilize his talent and Wuhan Sanzhen is certainly a good choice.
Although Wuhan Three Town used to be the 2022 Chinese Super League champions, they were also a top Chinese Super League giant. However, in the second half of last season, they lost their financial support and the local football association took over with limited funds to support them. Therefore, player attrition is inevitable for the new season. Currently, in terms of foreign players, Malcolm and Aziz have left the team when their loan expires, while Park Ji-soo and Davidson have become the only foreign contracts of the team. In terms of domestic players, apart from those from the national team, the captain of Renhang has yet to return to the team. Contract expiration of Gao Junyi to join Taishan has entered the countdown, side defender Li Yang has long appeared in Chengdu Rongcheng's training ground, veteran Yang back to Cuodong.
So with Wuhan Three Town suffering from a serious talent drain in the new season, the team will surely confirm that Liu Ruofan will surely have more chances to play after joining the team, and perhaps have a second spring in his career. If I may, is this a warm up for both sides?
Do you see a future for Liu Ruofan if he joins Wuhan Three Town?
