Implementing the "never return" strategy, Guangzhou's squad has been significantly strengthened this season by the return of naturalized players Golat and Allan on loan. Last year, amidst much skepticism, Guangzhou loaned Golat to Hebei Huaxia Happiness and Allan to Beijing.
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The team's first team is the Guangzhou team, and the second team is the Guangzhou team. This year, both players are back in the Guangzhou camp.
In fact, in view of the absence of Paulinho and Talisca, the Guangzhou team is now sitting on the Aixon, Golat, Alan, Jiang Guangtai, Fernando, Luo Guofu 6 naturalized players, successfully achieved the year's "all Chinese class" set goals.
However, Kasper was blunt in today's interview, "Even though we have six naturalized players, it doesn't mean we have six foreigners."
In response to the loan situation between Gallart and Allan last year, Kasper gave an explanation, "I must state for the record that I have no bias with any of the Brazilian players."
Talking about Golat, Kasai confessed, "If last year's Golat was the 2015 him, which coach would bear to send him away? Indeed, he was also shocked and even a little upset when I made the decision to send Golat out on loan last year."
"But I made the right decision. At that time, Golat hadn't played for almost two years, and I let him go on loan to Hebei last year, where he played almost all the games. If he had stayed in Guangzhou at that time, he could never have played so many games. At that time, there were even many voices questioning whether Golat could return to his best form, and even whether he could play normally. But now the facts prove that Golat has been able to return to his former form with his own efforts." Kasai explained so.
Kasai even revealed some positive changes in Golat over the past year, "I don't have a problem with Golat, I think he's the most professional of our (old) foreigners. in 2015 I brought him here and he only had one abdominal muscle at that time. And now, we can see that he has kept his body in good shape, and he has a good control over his diet. I hope that this year we can all see the return of that familiar Golat, and of course, I hope that the impact of his old knee injury can be minimized."
As for Alan, Kasai said, "When I came to Guangzhou in 2015, Alan was also there. But it was not my decision to loan Alan to Guoan last year. I also do not have any gap with Alan, there is no personal grudge. Allan suffered a knee injury after his time in our country, and he encountered a similar situation with the national team. Injuries to footballers are common, and you can't question the national team because of injuries, and similarly, you can't criticize the club because of players' injuries. Sports rehabilitation is a science. Of course, Alan's current injury is still a risk and we will take better care of him."
Regarding Fernando and other injured players, Kasai said: "Fernando's previous team had different training and match intensity, round trips and frequency from the team he came to Guangzhou, plus the change of climate environment, so he has encountered some difficulties in his recovery, and now he needs to be adjusted properly and carefully taken care of. Including Luo Guofu, his previous playing rhythm is also different from the Guangzhou team. There is also Li Xuepeng, who has more than a year's worth of injuries and also needs to recover slowly. Including Jiang Guangtai, his previous injury was not too serious, but he also needs to be taken care of. I have many things to deal with every day, not every day is easy."
Kasper gave special praise to the veteran captain
Zheng Zhi (1963-), Chinese footballer
Zheng Zhi (1963-), Chinese footballer
He is our core, soul player, and all he can think about now is how to play his best role to help the team. Of course, there is also Huang Bowen. My attitude is very clear, as long as
Zheng Zhi (1963-), Chinese footballer
If they want to play, I'll give them the opportunity. Once they want to retire, we'll open the doors of the coaching staff to them!"
