After the match between Atletico Madrid and Levante, a piece of news suddenly exploded in China.

Because there was no warning before, everyone was taken aback when the news broke.

“…… It is rumored that Chinese player Wu Lei is about to join a La Liga team! ”

"After Gao Zheng, the second player to stay in La Liga was born!"

"Wu Lei is favored by La Liga teams! Expected to join La Liga during the winter break, we may be able to see the 'Chinese derby' in La Liga as early as this season! ”

After the news was exposed, everyone didn't believe it at first, thinking that it must be bragging by the Chinese media again. It's not like nothing like this before, what Norwegian team takes a fancy to Wu Lei, what Premier League team takes a fancy to Wu Lei...... It was a little exciting at first, but in the end, it was all turned out to be fake news.

Over time, everyone became immune to this kind of news.

It's the same this time, although the media is conclusive, not many people believe it.

But when more and more reporters in the circle began to come out to break the news, proving that Wu Lei was indeed about to join a La Liga team, everyone began to be skeptical.

Then the identity of this La Liga team was also revealed, it was the Spaniards who had just drawn 0:0 with Barcelona in the Catalan derby and helped Gao Zheng's Atletico Madrid further extend the lead.

What a coincidence.

The Spaniard has just changed the Chinese boss, and the next thing is the rumor that Wu Lei joined, so if you think about it, the news is true.

Then more and more news began to appear.

Then everyone noticed that an account named "Real Espanyol Football Club" appeared on Weibo, and it was also an officially certified blue V account, and the first person on the attention list of this account was Wu Lei, and everyone also found that Wu Lei's Weibo account also followed the official account of Espanyol Club.

What does this mean?

It shows that it is a real hammer! Wu Lei is indeed going to join Espanyol.

Then came the official news, Espanyol FC announced that they will bring in Wu Lei, a player of the Chinese national team, in January, who will wear the number 24 shirt in La Liga.

In addition, Wu Lei's Shanghai club also announced the news.

More details about the transfer were revealed.

It is said that Wu Lei made great sacrifices in personal treatment in order to be able to stay in the West, and the money he earned in the Spaniards was nearly twice as much as the money he made in Shanghai. In addition, his old club in Shanghai also gave him the green light for this transfer, and did not embarrass Espanyol Club on the transfer fee at all, and the two sides reached an amicable agreement.

Later, even Gao Zheng, who had not updated his Weibo for many years, rarely posted a Weibo, with a picture of him and Wu Lei when they were playing together in the national team, with the caption: "Waiting for you!" And a thumbs-up emoji picture.

Now the whole network is boiling.

Everyone is 100% sure that Wu Lei is going to play at Espanyol and get together with Gao Zheng in La Liga.

Although Gao Zheng has done a good job in La Liga, which is enough to satisfy the emotional sustenance of the vast majority of Chinese fans, everyone still hopes that more people can go abroad and play in places with the highest level of football in the world. Because only in this way can the overall strength of Chinese football be improved.

This has been proven in countless previous international matches:

No matter how strong Gao Zheng is alone, if his teammates are not strong at all, and the difference between him and him is too great, it will be very difficult for Gao Zheng to bring it. We won many games by Gao Zheng alone, but we can't always expect Gao Zheng to ride the savior alone every time, right?

At this time, I especially hope that the Chinese team can have many excellent players to play in high-level European football leagues like South Korea and Japan. On weekdays, they work hard in their respective clubs, and when the national team competes, they will gather and return from all directions to form the strongest squad to represent the country and win glory for the country.

Now Wu Lei's going abroad has made everyone see such hope. Some people are even optimistic that Wu Lei's stay abroad will become a role model for many domestic players.

In recent years, with the influx of a large amount of capital into the Chinese Football League, the treatment of playing in domestic leagues is much better than that of staying abroad in Europe, which has certainly made the local league gradually prosperous, but there is also another problem.

That is to make more and more talented young people reluctant to play in Europe, even if the players sent out to stay abroad for various reasons are often only gilded abroad and then transferred back to play in China, because the country can offer higher salaries. Since he is a professional player, he naturally regards football as a profession, and in the same job position, one gives more money and the other gives less money, and many people will definitely choose the one that makes more money.

This may be the best choice for individual players, but it is not a good thing for the overall level of Chinese football.

Of course, it may not be the best choice for individual players. After all, although returning to China can make a lot of money in the short term, it is extremely limited for the improvement of personal ability. On the contrary, if you can stick to staying abroad and work hard to improve your ability, you may not be able to make more money in the future.

Now with Wu Lei's example, will more young people be willing to leave behind the favorable conditions in China and go to Europe to fight for their dreams?

Of course, this mainly depends on whether Wu Lei can succeed in the Spaniards, if he can't even play in the Espanyol, then the so-called role model is meaningless.

After all, Wu Lei can be regarded as the most talented and capable person in China's new generation in addition to Gao Zheng. If he can't even establish himself in a mid-to-lower tier like Espanyol, how can anyone else?

The reason why everyone does not improve the power of the so-called role model is because Gao Zheng is too special and does not have replicability. For a genius like him, Chinese football may only come out in 30, 50, or even 100 years, how can such a person be an example for everyone?

Such a person can only be a benchmark, like a mountain, standing there.

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Wu Lei's joining Espanyol is a certainty and has become the most high-profile news in China this week.

There is a lot of talk around this topic. Some people are excited about Wu Lei's joining Espanyol.

But there are also people who are worried and do not dare to be optimistic about Wu Lei's prospects in La Liga, they think that in Chinese football except for Gao Zheng, no one can gain a foothold in European football, even Wu Lei. They advised the excited Chinese fans not to rejoice too soon, lest the time arise with greater hope and greater disappointment.

Some people are slightly more optimistic than the former, thinking that Wu Lei can even play as a substitute for the Spaniards. They don't have more unrealistic expectations of Wu Lei.

After all, there are too many restrictions for Chinese players to play in Europe: language, food, and culture, and if these things are not adapted, it will affect the performance of football.

When discussing these issues, Gao Zheng is still the one who cannot be used as an example. After all, Gao Zheng's situation is too special, he went to Italy to receive football training since he was a child, and his adaptation period has been spent in his youth, when he reappeared in front of everyone, he was already a person who could speak fluent Italian and was very adaptable to Italian diet and life, so he did not have any good adaptation to Italian professional football.

Wu Lei is different, he grew up in China, everything on his body has a very strong Chinese brand, and now everything has to be re-adapted after going there, this half season, it is estimated that everyone does not need to expect him to perform in football, first make life better.

I heard that his wife couldn't go with him, and he had to live there alone, which made it even more difficult for him to adapt.

Coupled with Wu Lei's introverted personality, generally speaking, it is difficult for people with this kind of personality to perform well in their overseas career, because of their personality, which will increase the difficulty for them to integrate into that unfamiliar environment.

The media has repeatedly poured cold water on Chinese fans, calling on them to be calm and treat this transfer with a normal heart, Wu Lei is not Gao Zheng, he can't afford the high hopes of so many people for him, this high hope will not help him, but may harm him.