As the night wore on, heavy news came out of Beijing on January 8th: the Chinese Men's Football Association (CMA) announced a new roster of 52 players. Shortly afterward, veteran media personality Ma Dexing splashed his ink, analyzing the lineup and revealing that the Shanghai training camp will only absorb a maximum of 46 players.
In this 52-member list, the figure of the top five naturalized players is still visible, even if Aixon, Luo Guofu and others have terminated their contracts with the Guangzhou team to return to Brazil, Li Xiaopeng coaching team will still include them in the training ranks. However, Madsen pointed out that, in addition to Jiang Guangtai is expected to participate in the Shanghai training, the other four naturalized players are afraid to be on the sidelines. If Ackerson and others are finally selected for the trip, they will have to fly directly from Brazil to Japan to join the team.
Madsen further pointed out that the naturalized players will have to undergo 14+7 isolation in China, and even if they leave quickly, they will not be able to make it to the frontline training. If they end up joining the World Cup squad, they will have to fly from Brazil to Japan to join the team, but their form is still unknown at that time.
Ma Dexing also revealed that the National Team Management Department has been in constant communication with the group of naturalized players, expecting them to fulfill their commitment and preferably arrive in Tokyo to join the team when the Chinese men's football team arrives in Japan on January 23rd.
In addition to the four naturalized players do not have access to the Shanghai training, the two foreign players Wu Lei and Li Lei also can not participate. They will depart from Europe and fly to Tokyo to meet with the Chinese men's soccer team when the 12-team tournament comes around. Ma Dexing pointed out that this means that in the announced 52-man list, at most only 46 players will be concentrated in Shanghai to participate in training.
It is reported that the Chinese men's soccer team plans to play an internal teaching match on January 16, but whether the match will remain fully closed or not needs to be finally confirmed by the coaching team. (Source: DD)
