In 2019, the road to naturalization in Chinese men's football was first started! At that time, a wave of naturalization swept through the football world, Guangzhou Evergrande Group, as a forerunner, signed seven naturalized players in one breath, while Beijing Guoan followed suit by bringing in two, and Shandong Taishan was not far behind by signing one. Among the seven naturalized players introduced by Evergrande, Golat, despite his superb skills, was disqualified from representing the national football team because he had already stayed overseas for five years. Luo Guofu is still active in beach soccer despite being 36 years old. Allan has moved to Qingdao West Coast, while Eckerson is playing for Chengdu Rongcheng. Fernando is flying with Shandong Taishan, while Jiang Guangtai has become one of the twin stars of Shanghai Harbor. Xiao Tao, on the other hand, has returned to Beijing Guoan.
Looking at these cases of naturalization, the results do not seem to be satisfactory! In this case, the manager's hiring strategy plays a key role. During Li Tie's tenure, the naturalized players were subjected to a lot of restrictions on their playing time, which made it difficult for them to give full play to their strengths. In the Jankovic era, naturalized players were almost abandoned, and the results were naturally poor. However, under the guidance of Ivankovic, the naturalized players have been given full play, and the effect has been most remarkable!
Nowadays, naturalization has become a trend in world football. For the Chinese men's football team, naturalization is a feasible shortcut to achieve rapid transformation. However, the CFA is still hesitant to introduce substantive measures on naturalization policy.
