In the late summer of 2015, Beijing Guoan brought Zhang Xizhe back from Wolfsburg in Germany for a fee of €2 million, and the deal was much higher than the €1.5 million announced by Guoan six months earlier. In fact, Germany's Bild-Zeitung newspaper revealed the transfer fee to be just €750,000
Turning to 2017, Zhang Yuning's trajectory seemed similar to Zhang Xizhe's. He moved to West Bromwich Albion in the English Premier League and was loaned to Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga, becoming the youngest Chinese Bundesliga player at the time. However, despite having a season under his belt, he didn't even get a minute of official game time. It wasn't until February 2019 that Zhang Yuning officially joined Beijing Guoan.
For players like Zhang Xizhe and Zhang Yuning, staying at home seems to have lost its meaning. Even if they are in the top league or big clubs, if they can't play, then what is the value of everything? For Chen Binbin, even if he joins a team in Japan's third division, this is not unacceptable as long as he gets a chance to play, especially during a short loan period.
However, Chen Binbin's situation seems to be more complicated.
On September 10, 2022, Toyama Victory handed out flyers before the game to attract fans' attention with 300 yen shopping vouchers. This included Chen Binbin, who was promoting the event outside the stadium.
Chen Binbin, born in 1998, specializes in wing forward and wingback and has been selected for the Chinese national team, appearing in two matches and captaining China's U23 national team.He was promoted to Shanghai Harbour's first-team squad in 2017 and won the Chinese Super League title with the team in 2018.
On August 19, 2022, Toyama Victory officially announced the loan signing of Chen Binbin. However, Chen Binbin's name was never included in the lineup announced by Toyama Victory in the J3 League matches. He had not been included in the team's starting lineup for four consecutive games, and he had not even played a second for the team since joining on loan.
