1BSPORTS 1B Sports June 11th News Former national football captain Li Weifeng was interviewed by Shenhua’s former player Wang Wei and talked about the issue of the current outstanding Chinese players unwilling to go abroad.
Li Weifeng said:
Why do we have no good players willing to go abroad? That’s it, because they think we have good conditions when we come back. We are talking about it bluntly that 2,000 euros per month may not be able to make money, but we may be 100,000 or 200,000 yuan per month here. In fact, this is the biggest problem.
Let’s talk about the young players who have performed well in the league recently, such as Yudong (Wang Yudong), etc., then they are the simplest example. Maybe they can’t make a profit of 6,000 euros per month when they go to Europe now (but he may get a maximum salary in China), maybe 2 million or 3 million, and maybe he can get a maximum salary.
So, we are always talking about this issue, Can we go back to the past, the Football Association will have some such sponsorships, allowing this sponsor to bear his annual salary (to encourage him) and encourage him to go abroad, so we are right, give some policies. I think their children’s choice is also right, that’s right. To put it bluntly, I have to make money to support my family, and I have to do this. It’s normal, right, youthful food, at this age, I want to make more money, which is no problem, but for development, he will definitely be better off going abroad.
The players have more ideas, really, Wang Wei, I think after our World Cup in 2002, we wanted to go abroad. In fact, you see, we are almost the same now.