After returning from the Women's World Cup, the Chinese women's soccer team's focus will turn to preparations for the Asian Games in Hangzhou and the Olympic Qualifiers in Paris. It is understood that the Chinese women's soccer team will likely focus their attention again in Shanghai early in late August or early September, meaning that international players from local clubs may miss some rounds of the Women's Super League. Some international players, including Zhang Linyan, are looking for opportunities to study abroad in the new cycle, so the Chinese women's soccer team, where many of the international players are studying, is facing the problem of personnel transfer.
According to the calendar, the next phase of the Women's Super League season (rounds 11-16) will start on August 12th and end on September 10th. Normally, the Chinese women's soccer team can train after that. However, considering the tough task of preparing for and competing in the Hangzhou Asian Games, the team would like to focus as soon as possible. Judging from the current situation, the team will likely re-centralize in Shanghai as soon as possible at the end of August or the beginning of September.
According to the relevant FIFA regulations, clubs have the right to refuse to release a player to play on behalf of their member association's representative team (national team) during the non-international competition cycle. So will the Chinese women's soccer team be able to gather all the main players for this Asian Games? Currently, some players, especially the main players, are in the critical period of studying abroad, and some players are looking for new opportunities to study abroad. For example, Zhang Linyan, one of the best players of the Chinese women's soccer team in this World Cup, is looking at the possibility of playing for a club in Europe's top five leagues after the expiration of her partnership with Swiss club Grasshopper.
From the current situation, participation in the Asian Games is a probable event, such as Tang Jiali and Xiao Yuyi, who have finished their last study abroad experience. As for Wang Frost, Wu Chengshu and Shen Mengyu, the CFA, team coaches and management team need to communicate further with the study abroad brokerage team or sponsorship partners.
