This position used to be filled by Beijing Guoan midfielder Zhang Xizhe, but it's clear that Zhang's performances in the top Asian competitions don't satisfy everyone. So can we still find someone suitable in this position? Actually, we really thought there was someone suitable before. That player is Li Shuai, a midfielder for Meizhou Hakka, a promoted team in the Chinese Super League.
I believe many fans are not familiar with Li Shuai. Li Shuai is actually a player from Guizhou Renhe's ladder team. During the time when former national soccer team head coach Gao Hongbo was coaching Guizhou Renhe, he revealed in public that he had found a young player with great potential, and he was Li Shuai. At the time, Gao Hongbo kept Li Shuai training with a team because he was not 18 years old and could not register for the Chinese Super League. Later, Li Shuai was also favored by Portuguese super team Porto and loaned him to the team's U19 team. In half a season with Porto U19, Li Shuai made 14 appearances and 8 starts, scoring 3 goals and having 2 assists.
Unfortunately, due to changes in the team, Li Shuai was not able to stay in Porto. After being recalled to the team, Gao Hongbo, who admired him, also resigned and left. So Li Shuai was instantly unpopular and had to live in the reserve team. Since then, the Renhe team has been renting him out to the China B team to work out. Until his contract with Beijing Renhe expired in 2017, Li Shuai was not free, when he was already 23 years old.
After that, Li Shuai moved to Heilongjiang Volcano Mingquan and started with the team from China B and then promoted to China A. Li Shuai quickly became the team's No.10, the center of the midfield and the captain on the field with his outstanding performance. You can observe Li Shuai's kicking style. It's really flirty. He always takes his time with the ball. Most people can't catch his ball. And, as long as he passes the ball, basically threatening chances come out. He felt like Kong Ka of Guangzhou Evergrande. Li Shuai also became one of the few local midfielders in China A at that time.
So why doesn't Li Shuai play in the Chinese Super League? The reason is actually quite simple, because almost no team in the Chinese Super League will give the core of their midfield to a local player. So Li Shuai has been entrusted to the Chinese League. Then, in 2022, Li Shuai's contract with Heilongjiang expired and he was taken to the Chinese Super League by Ma Meizhou Hakka, who were promoted from the Chinese Super League.
And once the league started, Lee Shuai soon had his chance to play. That's when everyone realized that Li Shuai did have two occasions, but he always created chances instead of taking his time to play soccer. Just when everyone thought that Li Shuai would form a duo with Rodrigo, the team's foreigner. However, Li Shuai disappeared from the team's lineup since September. It wasn't until later that Li Shuai wrote on social media, "I heard some people were taken away, hahahaha. Makes me smile... The right way in the world is vicissitude, not no report days." Up until that point, it was not known that Lee had clashed with some people at the club and was snowed in, which seems to have brought him into the snow.
In this case, can Li Shuai still play in the team again? The answer is probably no, because Li Shuai has always been a player with personality, so it's not that easy for him to get rid of the past. Recently, the news of Li Shuai finally came out. Recently, China B's Yunnan Yukun Football Club officially announced that 28-year-old Li Shuai will join the team to fight with China B.
Originally the strength to play in the Chinese Super League, but now he is going to play in the Chinese B. It must be said that Li Shuai's character is something that many people can't understand. But no matter where he goes to play, he is still an excellent local midfielder, and his talent is incomparable to ordinary people. What do you think about Li Shuai going to play in China B? If he wants to go back to the Chinese Super League, which team do you think is more suitable? Welcome friends to discuss together in the comment section!
