After returning to Shanghai Harbour from Espanyol, Wu Lei has never had a Chinese player play in the top five leagues again. Recent seasons have seen an influx of Japanese and South Korean players into Europe's top five leagues, and the overall strength of the team has continued to improve. Sun Xingmiao and San Kaoru have both dominated the Premier League. South Korean foreigner Kim Min Ja, who used to play for Beijing Guoan, joined Bundesliga juggernaut Bayern Munich this summer from Serie A champion Napoli at a high price. Many Chinese fans envy Japanese and South Korean players who stand out in the top five leagues and stand a foothold in the big teams. When will a player from China stand out in a top five league team?
According to Beijing Youth Daily, there is a good chance that an international player will land in the Premier League after the Hangzhou Asian Games. But disappointingly, the national player is not a Chinese men's soccer player. It is Zhang Linyan, the forward attacker of the Chinese women's soccer team. Zhang Linyan joined Swiss side Grasshopper last season. Since joining Grasshopper on loan last summer, Zhang Linyan has played 22 matches with the team, earning 11 goals and 9 assists, including 4 goals and 3 goals in the playoffs, showing great goal-scoring efficiency. Previously, Zhang Linyan won the "Golden Ball" award for the best female soccer player in the Swiss Women's Soccer League. Women's World Cup.
The outstanding performance in grass grasshopper and Women's World Cup has attracted Zhang Linyan to five league teams. According to reports, Zhang Linyan will join five league teams in the new season next season. He will most likely go to the English Premier League. Unlike Chinese men's soccer, women's soccer is still in the first group in Asia. Chinese women's soccer has also seen the phenomenon of collective study abroad. Coincidentally, in the last match of the women's soccer team, the Chinese women's soccer team lost to the England women's soccer team and missed the group. From this match, we can also visualize the gap between Chinese women's football and European teams. As an ordinary fan, I think both Chinese men's and women's soccer can win quickly.
Unlike Wu Lei who joined Espanyol with a Chinese boss as his backer, Zhang Linyan won the chance to join a Premier League team with her strength and performance. I hope that Zhang Linyan can achieve good results in the new season of the Premier League women's soccer, and prove the ability of Chinese women's soccer players on the stage of the top league.
