As Evergrande's youth training producer, Wang Mu was considered to be the hope for the future of Chinese soccer, and was once called the "Chinese Pogba". But unexpectedly, at the age of 20, he could only leave the country to stay in the Azores of Portugal, joining the B team of the low-level team Lusitania, and could only play 12 league matches in the whole year. It must be mentioned that as a mixed-race player, Wang Mu promised to take the national soccer team to the World Cup when he took Chinese citizenship. Now it seems that there is a big gap between the reality and the dream.

Wang Mu was born in 2003 to a father from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province and a mother from Tanzania. Wang Mu got a nickname when he was young because he played in the same position as Pogba, back/center forward, in a similar style to the latter. -"Chinese Pogba". Indeed, the young Wang Mu deserved this title.

As a member of Evergrande's youth training, Wang Mu once went to Spain to train with the team and played against the ladder teams of several La Liga teams. Due to his outstanding performance in the team, Wang Mu has been selected for U14, U16 and U18 national youth, which can be said to be a regular of the national brand. It is worth mentioning that Wang Mu was selected for Evergrande's AFC Champions League preliminary selection early last year. Unfortunately, although he is 19 years old, he has never had the opportunity to play for the club.

Perhaps affected by the financial crisis of Evergrande, the 20-year-old Wang Mu had to find his way out. According to German transfer Zhu Yi, Wang Mu has officially joined Portuguese low-level team Lusitania, which is located in the Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean far from the European continent. Importantly, he joined the team's B team, which will play in the Serra Island Regional League this season. The Serra Island Regional League reportedly has only three teams and plays six cycles of 12 matches throughout the year according to the format. Wangmu made the bench for the B team in last weekend's league game. Because he was new to the team, he did not play in this game.

It was evident that Wang Mu had joined a team with very ordinary strength. Although the team is in the Portuguese league system, there is still a big difference compared to a real Portuguese team. As the hope of Chinese soccer, Wang Mu can only be entrusted with the development of Azores now, which is the sadness of Chinese soccer. May I ask, as far as the current state is concerned, how can he lead the national soccer team to enter the World Cup in the future?

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