Recently, Luo Guofu, a naturalized player in China's soccer industry, opened his heart in an interview with media person Pan Weili, talking about his views on the departure of former head coach Li Tie. He revealed that if not for Li Tie's help, he might have left our country long ago. In addition, Luo Guofu also expressed his expectations for his future career in the national team, saying that no matter whether it is this year or next year, or even in 2023, he aspires to play for the national team.
Referring to his previous failure to be called up by the national team in the Top 40, Luo Guofu said, "At that time, it wasn't because of the status problem, but because he suffered a direct injury, so he didn't have too many ideas. I also had frequent communication with director Li."
Regarding Li Tie's dismissal, Luo Guofu confessed: "Without Li Tie, without Tie, I might not even be playing in my country now. Although I didn't work with him for a long time in the Hebei team, he helped me a lot. At that time, Shandong wanted to change their foreign aid and I couldn't stay in Shandong. But it was Li Tie who gave me a chance to go to Hebei (for the 2016 season) so that I could stay in the Chinese Super League. Then I had the chance to stay in my country all the time. Even though we didn't work with him later at other clubs, we still keep in good contact."
Lok Guofu also mentioned that some people thought he looked like Gattuso, "At the time, people at our club said the same thing, and we liked to joke about it when Cannavaro was still around. Maybe there's a bit of a resemblance in looks as well. On the other hand, the way I train is that I'm more of a Gattuso-like person who goes for the ball. They think I look like that, but when you say it like that I think I look a bit like that too."
Speaking about the future, Lokok Fu said, "Of course I hope I can stay and play in our country's league, but it's not something I can decide unilaterally."
Earlier, Luo Guofu's performance in the Top 12 match triggered a lot of discussion among fans, and some people used the term "Yue Fei" to describe him. Luo Guofu said: "We must not make this kind of analogy, I am too far from the image of national heroes like Yue Fei. Of course I am very happy that people recognize me. I've seen many private messages from fans talking about these things and I'm happy about that, but let's never make such analogies."
Talking about the locker room of the national football team, Luo Guofu said bluntly: "The relationship with everyone is very good, there has been no quarrel or confrontation. Like Liu Binbin, who has been my teammate before, and Yu Dabao, who speaks Portuguese. As well as Zhang Linpeng and a few of their Guangzhou internationals, these will be more familiar with me. But in fact, I feel good with everyone." Luo Guofu then dismissed rumors about shelving naturalized players, "At least I don't feel that. Whether it's the coaching staff or the players, we are very harmonious."
Luo Guofu directly said that he was very happy to play for the national soccer team, "Very, very happy, it's a great pleasure to wear the clothes of our national team, I think there is nothing that can compare with this." He then said, "As long as I'm in a position to be selected for the national team, I'll do my best in the national team. I expect that I will still have the ability to play for my country's national team not only this year, but next year and even in 2023." (leiyu)
