In order to make way for the naturalized players, the mixed-race giants of Genbao Base sit on the bench and have been appreciated by famous coaches

In the winter window of this year, Chinese football has ushered in a wave of naturalization. At this stage, many Chinese Super League clubs also have naturalized players. Shanghai Shenhua is no exception. They have successfully naturalized former Gabon international Qian Jiege.

Qian Jiege is of mixed race between China and Gabon. His father is from Gabon and his mother is from Zhejiang. Regrettably, Qian Jie has already played for the Gabon national team before, which also means that he no longer has the conditions to play for the Chinese national football team.

In this season's Chinese Super League, Qian Jiege has always been the absolute main force of Shanghai Shenhua's defense, but Qian Jiege is not playing the midfielder position he is familiar with, but a central defender. After all, Shenhua is determined to exercise this season Young players, such as Cong Zhen , Jiang Shenglong and several U23 midfielders are Shenhua's key training targets, and Qian Jiege can't play for the national football team, so he has to be forced to play as a central defender.

In this way, in order to make way for the naturalized player Qian Jie, Shanghai Shenhua's original main central defender Eddie Francis was also squeezed to the bench. It is worth mentioning that Eddie is also a mixed race. His mother is Chinese and his father is Tanzanian , but unlike Qian Jiege, Eddie automatically has Chinese nationality since he was born, and he is an out-and-out Chinese.

I believe fans are no strangers to Eddie. Eddie was born in 1990 and entered the Chongming Genbao base when he was 10 years old. He was a student of the same period as Wu Lei and Yan Junling. In the 2018 season, Eddie ended He ended his overseas career and transferred to Shanghai Shenhua. When he first arrived in Shanghai Shenhua, Eddie won the appreciation of the famous coach Wu Jingui . That season he was the absolute main force of Shanghai Shenhua's defense and the team's attendance king.

However, with the arrival of the naturalized player Qian Jieji this season, Eddie's main position has also been greatly affected, and he has also been abandoned. Now after the first eight rounds of the Chinese Super League, Eddie has only played three times. It is the 1st, 2nd, and 8th rounds of the league. In the first and second rounds of the league, the Football Association stipulates that naturalized players cannot play, so Eddie was able to start. In the 8th round of the league, Shenhua's main full-back Wang Wei was suspended. Bai Jiajun is still in the suspension period, so Eddie was entrusted with a heavy responsibility.

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