A few months ago, Oscar spoke out publicly, revealing a burning "Chinese heart", he expressed a strong desire to naturalize, and is determined to join the Chinese national soccer team, as a Chinese player to play in the world's qualifying matches. He put forward the naturalization program is quite ambitious, that is, in the Cangzhou Lions club his annual salary from 700,000 euros to 2.1 million euros, a full quadruple.
If you rewind to five or six years ago, such a naturalization offer might not have been too high. After all, Guangzhou Evergrande was in its heyday and offered far more than that for naturalized players such as Iverson, Fernando and Allan.
However, time has changed and the once "golden dollar bubble" of the Chinese Super League has disappeared, and Guangzhou Evergrande has fallen to the Central League since its glory days. Many clubs have fallen into financial difficulties, not only can't afford to bring in naturalized players, even the salaries of their own players and coaches are difficult to protect.
Despite the fact that Song Kai, the new president of the Football Association (FA), has expressed his hope that the naturalization strategy of the national football team can be restarted, the FA has not made any substantial moves so far. The players who are eligible for naturalization are either mediocre like Oscar, or they are not eager to naturalize.
Despite being 24 years old and in his prime, Oscar's naturalization is expected to breathe new life into the national football team's attacking line. However, he is mediocre in his dribbling skills, and his shooting and awareness cannot support him as the core attacker of the national team. Therefore, it is wise that the FA did not choose to naturalize Oscar. Of course, if Oscar did not ask for a big pay rise, he might still have a chance to join the ranks of the national soccer team.
Oscar's shortcomings, Zhou Dingyang and Sergio's willingness to naturalize is also not strong. Against this backdrop, the FA decided decisively to suspend the national football team's naturalization program. In the upcoming 18-team Asian Zone World Qualifying Tournament, except for Fernando, other naturalized players are afraid to be abandoned by the national team. Whether or not Fernando will get another chance to be selected remains to be seen in his new performance at Shanghai Shenhua.
In the long run, the development of the national soccer team should not rely on naturalized players, and it is the right way to explore the potential of domestic new stars, what is your opinion on this?
