The Chinese Super League has entered a mature period, clubs tend to operate rationally, the transfer market strategy to cost-effective as the core. Some clubs even show the vitality of profit, the overall market in the transfer window seems to return to the scene in 2010. At this time, the introduction of foreign aid price is generally in the 5 million euros or less, the final transfer costs are also controlled within 5 million euros. The reason for this is that these cost-effective strength of the foreign aid generally older, and with the European team's contract is about to end, such a situation significantly reduces the Super League team's attraction costs.
However, the quality of naturalized players varies, such as Xiaotao Tao Tao, Gaolat and Hou Yongyong, who have performed differently. Xiaotao Tao Tao and Gaolat have returned to South America, with Xiaotao Tao recovering in Peru and Gaolat in Brazil. Hou Yongyong returned to Norway as a naturalized player, but his physical condition is obviously not optimistic, and he suffered an injury on his debut in Europe.
Golat, in particular, had been touted as the most powerful naturalized player in the Chinese Super League and was expected to be the strongest naturalized force in the national team. However, due to Evergrande's short-term loan to Brazil, he failed to meet the requirement of playing in China for five consecutive years, which led to his ineligibility to play for the national team and became an embarrassing case under the naturalization policy. The cost of naturalizing Golat is as high as around 800 million, while he has played for Guangzhou Evergrande since the 2015 season, winning numerous honors including the AFC Golden Boot and AFC MVP, and his total income before naturalization has exceeded 200 million.
From a competitive standpoint, Guangzhou Evergrande's naturalization of Gallart was also a mistake. They underestimated the impact of Golat's serious knee injury, which was re-injured during his loan spell back in Brazil, removing his meniscus. Despite appearing unscathed on his return to Guangzhou Evergrande, the intensity of the game soon exposed his problems.Golat made 13 appearances for Guangzhou in the 2021 season, scoring seven goals and assisting twice, but was released early from his contract after a half-season of inactivity at Santos in Brazil in the 2022 season.In the 2023 season, his performances continued to decline in Bahia, with his playing time becoming less and less frequent.
According to several Brazilian media reports, Gallart has decided to retire. On the one hand, he is becoming a club owner in Brazil and starting to invest in Brazilian teams; on the other hand, he plans to hold a press conference on Friday local time to announce his retirement decision. The reason for Golat's retirement is that his athletic performance has continued to decline, with a serious knee injury at the age of 31, and his performance has been declining ever since. This season, he failed to make the starting lineup, which forced him to consider retirement.
