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After the game 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 out.

"...It is rumored that Chinese player Wu Lei is about to join a La Liga team!"

"After Gao Zheng, the second player who studied abroad in La Liga was born!"

"Wu Lei is favored by La Liga teams! It is 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 broke out, everyone didn't believe it at first, thinking that it must be the Chinese media's bragging again. It’s not that there were such things in the past. Some Norwegian team took a fancy to Wu Lei, and some Premier League team took a fancy to Wu Lei... It made everyone excited at first, but in the end it all turned out to be false news.

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

This time is also the same, although the media are convincing, but not many people believe it.

But when more and more journalists in the industry began to break the news, proving that Wu Lei was indeed about to join a La Liga team, everyone began to be dubious.

Subsequently, the identity of this La Liga team was also exposed. It was the Spaniard who had just tied Barcelona 0:0 in the Catalan derby and helped Gao Zheng's Atletico Madrid further expand its lead.

What a coincidence.

The Spaniard has just changed his Chinese boss, and the next thing is the rumor of Wu Lei joining. Thinking about it this way, the news is likely to be true.

Then more and more news began to emerge.

Then everyone noticed that an account named "Royal Espanyol Football Club" appeared on Weibo, and it was also an officially certified Blue V account, and Wu Lei ranked first on the follow list of this account. At the same time, everyone also found that Wu Lei Lei's Weibo account also followed the official account of the Espanyol club.

What does this mean?

The explanation is solid! Wu Lei is indeed going to join the Spaniard.

Then came the official news. The Espanyol club announced that they will introduce Chinese national team player Wu Lei in January. He will wear the No. 24 jersey to play in La Liga.

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

Receiver more details about this transfer were revealed.

It is said that in order to be able to stay abroad, Wu Lei made a great sacrifice in personal treatment. The money he earned in Spain was nearly double the money he earned in Shanghai. In addition, his old club in Shanghai also gave him the green light to transfer this time. They did not embarrass the Espanyol club in terms of the transfer fee at all, and the two sides reached a friendly agreement.

Afterwards, even Gao Zheng, who hadn't updated Weibo for many years, posted a very rare Weibo, with a picture of him and Wu Lei playing in the national team together, and the accompanying text: "Waiting for you!" and An emoji picture of a thumbs up.

Now the whole network is boiling.

Everyone is 100% sure that Wu Lei is going to play for the Espanyol and meet 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 will go abroad and play in the world's highest football level. Because only in this way can the overall strength of Chinese football be improved.

In the countless previous national team games, this has been proved:

No matter how strong Gao Zheng is alone, if his teammates are completely weak and the difference is too great, it will be difficult for Gao Zheng to lead him. We rely on Gao Zheng to win many games 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 playing 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 plays, they gather from all directions and return to form the strongest lineup to represent the country and win glory for the country.

Now that Wu Lei is going abroad to study abroad, everyone has seen such hope. Some people are even optimistic that Wu Lei's overseas study 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 the domestic league is much better than that of studying abroad in Europe. This has made the local league gradually prosperous, but another problem has also arisen.

That is to make more and more talented young people unwilling to play in Europe. Even if the players are sent abroad for various reasons, they often just return to play in China after being gilded abroad, because Higher salaries can be offered domestically. Since he is a professional player, he naturally regards football as a profession. For the same job, one pays more and the other pays less. 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, the improvement of personal abilities is extremely limited. On the contrary, if you can persist in staying abroad and work hard to improve your ability, then you may not be able to make more money in the future.

With Wu Lei's example now, will there be more young people who are willing to abandon 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 Spaniard. If he can't even play in the Spaniard, then the so-called role model is meaningless.

After all, Wu Lei can be regarded as the most talented and capable person in the new generation of China besides Gao Zheng. If he can't even gain a foothold in the middle and lower teams like the Spaniard, how can others?

The so-called power of role models, the reason why everyone does not promote Zheng is because Gao Zheng is too special to be replicable. A genius like him may only come out in Chinese football every 30, 50, or even 100 years. How can such a person be a role model for everyone?

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

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Wu Lei's joining the Espanyol is a certainty, and it has become the most attention-grabbing news in China this week.

Around this topic, there is a lot of discussion. Some people are very excited about Wu Lei joining the Spaniard.

But there are also people who are worried and are not optimistic about Wu Lei's prospects in La Liga. They think that apart from Gao Zheng, no one in Chinese football can gain a foothold in European football, not even Wu Lei. They advised those excited Chinese fans not to be happy too early, so as not to be more hopeful and more disappointed when they get there.

Some people are a little more optimistic than the former, thinking that even if Wu Lei can play as a substitute for the Spaniard, it will be fine. They don't have more unrealistic expectations of Wu Lei.

After all, there are too many limiting factors for Chinese players to play football in Europe: language barriers, food barriers, and cultural barriers. If these things are not adapted, it will affect their football performance.

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. He is a person who has adapted to the Italian diet and life very well, so he does not have any good adaptation to Italian professional football.

Wu Lei is different. He grew up in China, and everything on his body has a very strong Chinese brand. Now after going there, everything has to be re-adapted. In the half of the season, it is estimated that everyone does not need to expect him to be able to play in football. If you have any performance, let's get your life right first.

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

Coupled with Wu Lei's introverted personality, generally speaking, it is difficult for people with this personality to perform well in their overseas careers, because their personalities will increase the difficulty for them to adapt to that unfamiliar environment.

The media has repeatedly poured cold water on the Chinese fans, calling on them to calm down and treat this transfer with a normal heart. Wu Lei is not Gao Zheng. He cannot live up to the high expectations of so many people on him. Such high expectations will not help him. On the contrary, it might hurt him.