With no money, Nantong Zhiyun can only strengthen the team by bringing in some veterans who have reached the end of their career. Last month, the club just officially announced that veteran Wang Song officially joined.
The 40-year-old Wang Song can be regarded as the "living fossil" of the current Chinese Super League. 22 years ago, 18-year-old Wang Song appeared in AA on behalf of Sichuan Quanxing, and in 2002, the famous Wang Song was selected for the 83-year-old National Youth Football Team. At that time, there were many international players in this national youth team, such as Yang Zhi, Du Zhenyu, Zhao Xuri and Han Peng, who later became the mainstay of the national team.
However, Wang Song's experience with the national team didn't go as well as his time in the AA League because when he played in the 32nd Asian Youth Championships, he was recognized by national youth team head coach Wang Baoshan as having a negative game. He had the idea of "going back to his club to play soccer and make money". Wang Song, Wang Jie and four other national youth players were severely punished by the FA and were awarded the title of "Four Young Men Who Worshipped Money", which caused a great deal of controversy in the domestic soccer community at the time.
Wang Song was never selected for the national team again, but that didn't make him lose his passion for soccer. After being expelled from the national youth team, he put all his energy into the professional league. Over the past 20 years, he has worked for a number of AAs including Chengdu Sheffield United, Hangzhou Greentown, Guangzhou R&F, Jiangsu Suning, Hebei Kung Fu. , Chinese Super League, Chinese First League, and Chinese Second League.
Today, Wang Song, who is about to turn 40, still has no idea of retiring. In January this year, he officially joined Nantong Zhiyun. However, Wang Song's monthly salary in Nantong Zhiyun is only 20,000 RMB. Compared with his high annual salary when he played for Guangzhou R&F and Jiangsu Suning, it is totally worthless.
Of course, Wang Song made a lot of money in the era of golden dollar soccer in the Chinese Super League, and now he surely doesn't care how much money he can make. His reason for joining Nantong Zhiyun is not only to return to the Chinese Super League to prove himself again, but also to prepare for his retirement as a coach.
Here, we also wish Wang Song to realize his goal. After his retirement, he entered the coaching team of Nantong Zhiyun. As a coach, he will continue to be active in the Chinese Super League in the future.
