Since Jankovic became the head coach of the Chinese national soccer team, naturalized players have begun to receive renewed attention from the national soccer team. According to relevant sources, Jankovic will consider recruiting more naturalized players to play in the next national soccer team training. However, one of the problems that the national soccer team is currently facing is that the current form of naturalized players is generally unsatisfactory, with only a few of them showing a good level of competitiveness. In this case, Jankovic needs to choose whether he should take heavy responsibility for them or not.
Recently, the South Korean media MHNSE also paid attention to the current situation of the naturalized players of the national football team. In the opinion of the Korean media, almost all of the naturalized players of the Chinese national football team are "old". The media commented: "China's head coach Jankovic is considering recruiting naturalized players, including Eckerson and Fernando, as well as Alan and Luo Guofu, who play in Brazil and could be selected for the national team. However, the prevailing view is that these players are getting old. For example, Lo Kok Fu, who is now in the best form, is 34 years old and the stats he has delivered in Brazil are only six goals in 15 games."
"On the other hand, these naturalized players are not performing at a superior level. For example, Lo Kok Fu can only brush up his stats in the Minero State League, not the higher level of the Barclays Premier League. Eckerson played 741 minutes in the Barclays Premier League last season and scored only four goals. That kind of efficiency is far behind his peak." The media said.
As a result, in the eyes of the Korean media, Zhang Yuning is now the number one striker for the Chinese national soccer team : "As things stand, Zhang Yuning is almost the only player in the Chinese team who can play in the center forward position. This has led to the Chinese team having no choice but to even rely on these naturalized players in their 30s."
Judging from the South Korean media's comments, they are indeed full of "arrogance and prejudice" towards the level of the naturalized players of the national football team, which is a common problem in South Korean soccer in the past, that is, they think highly of themselves but have no respect for their opponents. If the national soccer team can face the South Korean team in next year's Asian Cup, we will also look forward to the 35-year-old Ekerson, Alan and others to make the South Koreans pay for their words.
