After a long time, the national variety show "Running Man" program participated by the first athlete in China was finally broadcast last night, and Dai Zhiwei performed on the same stage with popular artists such as Yang Tianbao and Li Chen.

After the show was broadcast, the keyword "Dai Zhiwei Running Man" quickly appeared on the hot search list, but while it received many praises, it also attracted the question of "not doing business" by a very small number of people.

In fact, it is a commonplace topic for sports stars to participate in variety shows and cause controversy, but shouldn't they really be on variety shows?

First of all, it should be pointed out that this episode of Running Man was recorded during Dai Zhiwei's offseason, and the entire recording took only one day.

Dai Zhiwei has just finished his 2018-19 season, and he has just returned from North America with Xiaoqi, and he is still on vacation, so he has not affected any "business".

But even so, when the news of Dai Zhiwei's participation in the running man was exposed and last night's program was broadcast, there were still some voices who thought that the players were "not doing their jobs".

In fact, the participation of sports stars in variety shows has repeatedly caused controversy before.

In addition to Dai Zhiwei, Fu Yuanhui, the "Girl in the Wilderness", also had a similar experience. Fu Yuanhui became a funny person in a variety show, allowing people to see how she usually trains, how she interacts with her teammates, and shows another side of herself to the outside world, and at the end of the show, Fu Yuanhui will go to Australia for special training, and the scene of saying goodbye to her parents is also very moving.

is such a very warm and down-to-earth show, which still can't escape the criticism of the trolls, and it is still the same old-fashioned rhetoric, delaying training and not doing business.

"While participating in variety shows, we don't delay training!" The outspoken Fu Yuanhui once responded.

Earlier, Hui Ruoqi, Zhang Guowei, Wu Dajing and others participated in other variety shows such as Running Man and were also criticized to varying degrees.

For athletes participating in variety shows, the criticism is mainly focused on the impact on performance.

So what if it doesn't affect the grades?

Taking Dai Zhiwei as an example, after participating in "The Richest Man in Xihong City", Dai Zhiwei ushered in the peak of his personal competitive state last season and won all the championships last season.

If you don't want to be caught, you must show excellent results in the field you are good at to prove that participating in variety shows will not affect your performance on the field, and Dai Zhiwei did it.

The same is true for the swimming star Sun Yang, who has participated in many variety shows, including running men, however, variety shows did not let Sun Yang's performance decline, in last year's Jakarta Asian Games, he won four heavy gold medals in 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and 1500 meters, becoming the "gold king".

Therefore, when an athlete has a bad performance, not only participating in variety shows, but even some trivial things will be infinitely magnified and become a reason to be questioned, but when the athlete is not affected and still maintains or even improves his performance, all doubts will disappear.

It is undeniable that athletes participating in variety shows and other programs have a lot of interests for themselves.

The first is economic income. Athletes can get a notice fee for variety shows, that is, the corresponding remuneration paid to the guests for inviting artists to be guests in TV variety shows, for example, Dai Zhiwei still has hundreds of thousands of dollars after tax on a program, which is indeed a real economic benefit.

Secondly, participating in variety shows is a kind of adjustment in life for athletes.

As we all know, the life of an athlete is very boring, like Dai Zhiwei, in addition to training and competition in the past year, the circle in the UK is also relatively narrow, and you can take the opportunity to relax and make some new friends on variety shows.

Third, athletes' participation in variety shows is beneficial to enriching their own image. Through Dai Zhiwei's performance in variety shows, people can get to know a person who is completely different from him on the field, and show his sunny and humorous side to the world.

But apart from the benefits that can be obtained by the athletes themselves, is there no harm in all else?

The answer is no.

In today's Chinese society, it must be admitted that sports are only a niche culture, and more people do not understand and do not love sports. Therefore, the participation of sports stars in variety shows can allow more people to deepen their understanding of sports and the projects they are engaged in, and better promote sports.

Fans who watch "Running Man" may not like Dai Zhiwei or football, but they may be able to like Dai Zhiwei first through this show, and then gradually understand the sport of football, which is a good thing for the promotion of the project after all.

In this issue of Running Man in which Dai Zhiwei participated, although there was no shot of the guests kicking the ball, it showed his advantages in speed and strength.

At least, there is a close-up of his upper body in the footage - the sportswear soaked in water at that time was tightly attached to Dai Zhiwei's body, and the perfect muscle lines dispelled the domestic ridicule that Chinese players were all white chickens.

Of course, everything must pay attention to a degree in the end, for Dai Zhiwei, especially in recent years, the main business is still the competition after all, if too much energy is put into other things, it will inevitably have a certain impact.

In fact, after returning to China, Dai Zhiwei began to prepare for next season, in addition to daily strength training, he also rented a high school football field near the community as he did last year, and maintained 3-4 times a week with the ball.

The intensity is not great, just to maintain the sense of the ball, as well as to familiarize yourself with the skills newly redeemed from the "Soccer Player System" in practice.

This is the most terrifying thing about Dai Zhiwei, when the pursuers can only stand still, he can exchange one skill after another from the "football player system" to continuously improve himself.

Compared to Ronaldo, he is more like an alien.

Of course, Dai Zhiwei, who is in a sweet period with Xiaoqi, did not ignore the beauty, and after training, he either called porridge or stuck together, enjoying the warmth of the holiday.

While Dai Zhiwei is happy on vacation, Mourinho is very busy, and it feels more troublesome than the devil's schedule during Christmas.

Having just completed a contract extension with Marcus Rashford for £250,000 a week, keeping the Academy representative in the club, Jose Mourinho can finally turn his attention back to the transfer market.

Fortunately, Manchester United's transfer department is not dry during this time, and Mourinho has reached an agreement with Real Madrid on the transfer of Reguilon during the period of Mourinho's lack of skills.

A transfer fee of £21 million + an additional bonus of £4 million, this is the price of Manchester United's introduction of Reguilon, in addition to this, once Reguilon transfers away from Manchester United, Manchester United will also give Real Madrid 20% of the transfer benefit.

This also means that once Real Madrid are ready to buy back Reguilon, they will only have to pay 80% of the transfer fee.

After taking Sergio Reguilon, Mourinho set his sights on the addition of a defensive midfielder.

There is no way, Mourinho's football is a utilitarian defensive counterattack, and the defensive midfielder is the top priority.

After the departure of Marouane Fellaini, Mourinho has always felt that Manchester United's waist is not strong enough, after all, Herrera and Nemanja Matic are already out of 30, Pereira and McTominay still need to grow, and he has always been eager to have a black and hard defensive midfield.

This time, he's eyeing Leicester City's Ndidi.

When Leicester lost N'Golo Kante, many thought they would see a significant drop in defensive quality in midfield, but with the introduction of '96-born Ndidi, the Foxes don't seem to be missing much in that regard.

When it comes to regaining possession, Ndidi has been impressive in tackling and making clearances, although he doesn't have as many stats as Kante.

However, although Ndidi is loved by Mourinho and Manchester United fans, Leicester City see him as an important part of the team, and when the two clubs first made contact, Leicester replied that they would not sell it for less than £50 million.

After receiving the apparently premium offer, Mourinho turned to talks with Atletico Madrid to buy out Thomas Partey outright with the money.

Thomas Partey was named in the BBC's Africa Team of the Year award as Ndidi, and in Simeone's words: "If he was a Man City or Manchester United player, you would have praised him a long time ago." ”

However, Thomas has a high sense of identification with Atletico Madrid and wants to stay, so in reality it is just a trick by Mourinho to cut prices.

Eventually, after a few rounds of tugging, Leicester finally relented and United showed their sincerity.

The transfer fee of 38 million pounds finally allowed Mourinho to get his favorite black and hard back.

So far, Pereira, Herrera, Ndidi, Nemanja Matic, McTominay, Manchester United have hoarded 5 defensive midfielders, but as long as their manager is still Mourinho, there is no need to worry about the playing time of these 5 people.

Because, in some games last season, he had a starting lineup of four central midfielders, Herrera, Nemanja Matic, Scott McTominay and Kroos!

With the introduction of three new signings, Vermaelen, Sergio Reguilon and Ndidi, Mourinho "only" spent £59 million, and with hundreds of millions of pounds in hand, he is naturally ready to spend every penny in his hand.

However, he prefers to solve the problem of Ozil this summer - as the current highest-paid German at Manchester United, he has not come up with a convincing performance, coupled with the salary pressure in the team, Dai Zhiwei's contract extension has also been put on the agenda, and selling the high-paid and incompetent Ozil is an inevitable choice.

In fact, Ozil's ability is quite good, especially in the one and a half seasons "paired" with Dai Zhiwei, and he has "brushed" a lot of assists, so he has no shortage of teams that want to bring him in.

The likes of Inter Milan, Schalke 04 and Galatasaray are all looking to bring in the former Germany international from Manchester United.

For these teams, though, Mesut Ozil's wages are a big problem. After joining United in January 2018, Mesut Ozil earns £20 million a year before tax, which is a burden for any team looking to bring him in.

Even, Mourinho has prepared that Ozil can't be sold, so he can only wait until his contract expires and leave the team freely, after all, a forward at the same level as Ozil, his value and annual salary are not cheap.

Jose Mourinho also has four targets to replace Mesut Ozil.

First of all, Mourinho's hottest is Tottenham's core Eriksen, who is the best match, but Tottenham offered Eriksen, who only has one season of contract left, a transfer fee of 150 million pounds, and Mourinho was directly scared away!

Secondly, it is Barcelona's Coutinho, but he is more than enough, but he may not be able to fit Mourinho's style, and Barcelona's offer of 120 million euros is not cheap at all, and his annual salary is even higher than that of Ozil, which makes Mourinho, who is used to spending a lot of money, very hesitant.

The third target is still a Barcelona player, diligent midfielder Rakitic, but the Croatian midfielder is also 31 years old, and there is a clear gap with Ozil in terms of organizational attacking ability.

The last target is Cristiano Ronaldo, who will be purged by Real Madrid this summer. Because it is purged, Ronaldo's transfer fee will not be too high, and his annual salary is expected to be less than 10 million, which fully meets the requirements of Manchester United. But his style is very different from Mesut Ozil, which has made Mourinho a little undecided.

After all, United have been successful enough in the last two seasons that it's anyone's guess whether rash changes will lead to success or failure.

Thankfully, the final transfer market solved that problem for Mourinho – there was no team skilled worker who could meet United's £30 million transfer offer and pay Mesut Ozil's £20 million salary before tax.

All in all, Ozil's deal, yellow.

Since Mesut Ozil is not out of the way this summer, Mourinho is no longer thinking about Philippe Coutinho, Rakitic and Ronaldo, and his only plan now is to privately agree with Eriksen to bring in the latter as a free agent next summer.

However, whether this plan can be implemented smoothly, Mourinho has no idea at all.

After all, Tottenham's core has been bullish this summer.

After making changes at the back and in midfield, Mourinho is also ready to replenish the attacking line.

However, this time he did not bring in reinforcements, after all, under the suppression of Dai Zhiwei, even Rashford was a little unable to see a chance, and other stars could only be substitutes at most.

Therefore, Mourinho is simply recalling last season's young man James Wilson, who went out on loan last season, and he will be the rotation of Manchester United's forward line in the domestic cup competition this season.

At this point, the Red Devils' squad for the new season has been basically confirmed, and they will also welcome their first Premier League with a winter break.

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Attached is the 2019-20 Manchester United squad (28):

Goalkeepers: 1 De Gea, 13 Lee Grant, 20 Romero

Defenders: 2 - Lindelof, 3 - Bailly, 4 - Phil Jones, 5 - Maguire, 16 - Vermaelen, 18 - Ashley Young, 20 - Ricardo Pereira, 23 - Luke Shaw, 25 - Valencia, 32 - Reguilon

Midfielders: 6-Kroos, 8-Mata, 10-Mesut Ozil, 14-Lingard, 15-Andreas Pereira, 17-Suso, 21-Herrera, 22-Ndidi, 31-Nemanja, 39-McTominay

Forwards: 7-Dai Zhiwei, 9-Marcus Rashford, 11-Anthony Martial, 12-Giroud, 49-James Wilson, read the latest chapter of "Green Wings Claw Book House" for free for the first time.