Golat (center) wearing the Guangzhou jersey with the team's spiritual pillar behind him. New Express reporter Bi Zhiyi photographed this moment.
New Express exclusive report, reporter Gao Jing reveals: recently, Guangzhou team's key player Gao Latter officially terminated his contract with the team, he took the company of his family and returned to Brazil by private jet. This change signals that Gao Latter may give up our nationality. As we ponder the current state of the national soccer team and the plight of the teams in the Chinese Super League, the national soccer team's journey will undoubtedly face a bitter north wind this winter.
Restricted by the well-known economic pressure, the Guangzhou team is caught in the storm of unpaid wages, and the team lineup has not been assembled so far. Golat has his heart set on returning to his home country of Brazil.
Golat revealed that the termination of his contract with the team was not on impulse, but after a month of careful consideration. In an interview at the airport, he said, "This is the result of a friendly negotiation between me and the club, which is beneficial to both sides. I have been playing in our league for many years, the Guangzhou team gave me the warmth of my family, and now I just want to return to my family. In the future, I will keep in touch with the club."
With no place in the Brazilian national team, Gallart, along with a host of other players such as Fernando and Lo Guofu, opted to naturalize in our country. However, FIFA adjusted the naturalization policy, and Gallart, who briefly returned to play for Brazil, had to wait until 2023 to be eligible to represent the national team, prompting him to make the decision to leave.
Golat joined Guangzhou in 2015 for a transfer fee of €15 million and has made 171 appearances and scored 111 goals during his time at Guangzhou (Guangzhou Evergrande). He was on loan to Hebei and has made 13 appearances for Guangzhou this season, scoring seven goals and assisting once.
With the release of Guangzhou's contract, Golat will also give up his citizenship, and most likely will continue to play in the Barclays Premier League, and may never have the opportunity to play for the national soccer team again. He is rumored to have contacted other teams in the Chinese Super League, but Golat has not made a clear statement on this. Even in 2023, the 32-year-old Golat still has the strength to become the center of the midfield of the national football team.
In the face of Golat's departure, the outside world can only sigh. His return or not is still unclear, and the impact on other naturalized players of the national football team remains to be seen. Combined with the plight of the national soccer team in the 12-team tournament and the unpaid salary problems of many Chinese Super League teams, the winter of the national soccer team has come, and the biting north wind has swept in.
