In today's soccer world, it has become the norm for Chinese players to go to European leagues, and Wu Shaocong is one of them, despite his challenging journey in the Turkish lower leagues. It is worth mentioning that apart from Wu Shaocong, there is another national team player whose journey to the European Union is fading from view. He had shone in the domestic game with his Golden Boot glory in the Chinese Super League and traveled to the Brazilian Barclays Premier League, and that man is Luo Guofu. As the only Chinese player to enter the top leagues in Europe and the United States, Luo Guofu was known as the "king of the foreigners". However, at the age of 35, despite his strength, he unfortunately saw his team relegated this season.
Minero Americas finished at the bottom of the league and were unlucky to be relegated. Lokomotiv's performance ebbed and flowed in tandem with the team's, improving at the beginning of the season but then continuing to decline. The team ended up with a record of 5 wins, 9 draws, and 24 losses, accumulating only 24 points, six points away from second-to-last Curitiba, making the difference in strength readily apparent. Despite this, Lok Fu made 32 appearances this season, including 25 starts, scoring 12 goals and three assists. With 21 goals in two seasons, he proved that he is still a mainstay of the team. However, at the age of 35, he is carrying the burden of the team's offense, but also foretells the team's fate of relegation.
Relegation may not be a bad thing for Menero Americas, and it may propel the team's younger generation to the top. Lo Guofu, as a senior player with an expiring contract, was a natural target for the purge. With the slim possibility of a contract extension, Meneroamericana chose to give up on him, which confirms Luo Guofu's determination to retire. He has said that after his contract ends, he will opt for retirement.
Lok Fu faces a choice: end his contract and enjoy a quiet period of retirement, or wait for a better opportunity. At the moment, retirement seems more likely. Looking back at his career with the national team, he has made only 5 appearances and scored 1 goal, with limited contribution to the team. Although he has been selected several times since Jankovic took charge, the national team does not seem to be in dire need of a player like him. Even if he is selected, traveling long distances will deplete his fitness and affect his performance. What's more, the national team is in the middle of a transition from old to new, with fewer and fewer veterans, and the likelihood of Lok Fu returning to the national team is low. However, once he retires, the national team will present him with a commemorative jersey as a token of appreciation.
