Guangzhou's strategy of "zero reinforcements" this season has ushered in a major lineup adjustment - the return of naturalized players Golat and Allan on loan. Last year, amidst much debate, Guangzhou rented Golat to Hebei Huaxia Happiness and Allan to Beijing.
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The two are now back in the Guangzhou team's camp. Now, both of them are back in the Guangzhou team's camp.
In fact, in the case of Paulinho and Talisca failed to return, the Guangzhou team gathered Aixon, Golat, Alan, Jiang Guangtai, Fernando, Luo Guofu 6 naturalized players, to achieve the club's year of "localization" goal.
However, Kasper was blunt in a recent interview, "Even though we have six naturalized players, it doesn't mean we have six foreigners."
Speaking about the loans of Gallart and Allan last year, Kasper elaborated, "I must state for the record that there is no bias between me and any Brazilian player."
Talking about Golat, Kasai confessed, "If last year's Golat was the 2015 him, which coach would bear to banish him? Indeed, when I proposed to loan Golat out that year, he was very surprised and even a little upset."
"But I made the right decision. Gaolat hadn't played for almost two years by then, and I let him go on loan to Hebei last year, where he played almost all the games. If he had stayed in Guangzhou at that time, he could not have played so many games. At that time, there were even voices saying that not only could Golat not return to his best form, it was even questionable whether he could play normally. But now it has been proved that Golat has been able to regain his former form with his own efforts." Kasai explained.
Kasai also revealed the positive changes in Golat over the past year, "I have no problem with Golat, I think he is one of the most professional of our (old) foreigners.When I brought him in 2015 when he first came here, he only had one abdominal muscle. But now you can see that he's keeping his body in good shape and he's controlling his diet well. I hope that this year we can all see the return of that familiar Golat, and of course, I also hope that the impact of his old knee injury on him can be minimized."
As for Alan, Kasai said, "When I came to Guangzhou in 2015, Alan also came. But last year Alan went
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Not my decision. I also don't have any disconnect with Alan and no personal grudge. Alan suffered a knee injury after being in China and had the same problem with the national team. It's normal for footballers to get injured, and you can't dismiss the national team because of injuries, and likewise you can't criticize the national team because a player comes back from the national team with an injury. Sports rehabilitation is a science. Of course, Alan is still at risk from his current injury and we will take better care of him."
Regarding Fernando and other injured and sick players, Kasai said: "The intensity of training and matches, the number of round trips and frequency of matches are very different between the team Fernando played for before and the one he came to Guangzhou, plus the change of climate environment, so he has encountered some difficulties in his rehabilitation, and now he needs to be well-conditioned and carefully taken care of. Including Luo Guofu, his previous pace of playing soccer was also different from that of the Guangzhou team. Li Xuepeng, who has been injured for more than a year, also needs to recover slowly. Including Jiang Guangtai, his previous injury wasn't too serious, but he also needs to be taken care of. I have a lot of things to deal with every day, it's not easy."
Kasper gave special praise to the veteran captain
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He is the heart and soul of our team, and all he can think about now is how to maximize his effectiveness to help the team. Of course, there is also Huang Bowen. My attitude is very clear, as long as
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They're still willing to play and I'll offer them the opportunity. Once they want to retire, we'll open the doors of the coaching staff to them!"
