According to reporters such as Chen Yong and Jia Yanfeng during the live broadcast, the Chinese Football Association directly issued recruitment orders to the national football team, recruiting many adult national football players to play in the East Asian Cup without saying hello to the club. Compared with the past, this recruitment bypassed the clubs, which also led to resistance in many clubs. Previously, many clubs were mentally prepared to let U23 players go, rather than adult international players.
This year's East Asian Cup was originally hosted by China, but due to environmental reasons, China gave up hosting, and Japan later took over. The Chinese Football Association has long announced that it will send the U23 national team to compete in the East Asian Cup. However, with the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games, the U23 national football team has lost the reason to use the East Asian Cup to train. In addition, both Japan and South Korea will send their adult national teams to compete. , the Chinese Football Association also changed its original intention and prepared to send a mixed team of the U23 national football team and the adult national football team.
Since the East Asian Cup has long been finalized, major clubs are mentally prepared for the Chinese Football Association to mobilize U23 international players at that time. However, a large number of adult international players have been transferred, and the clubs still have considerable resistance. Judging from the current news, adult international players including Wu Xi, Zhang Yuning, Zhang Linpeng, are all within the scope of the Chinese Football Association.
Moreover, the Chinese Football Association did not issue recruitment orders through the clubs this time, but directly asked the players for relevant documents and passports. Many clubs have considerable resistance to this unconventional approach of the Chinese Football Association, and many Players are also resistant. Guoan's national football team Yu Dabao immediately announced his withdrawal. This was an unusual thing in the past.
Based on information from all parties, Shanghai Shenhua was originally called up 8 players, but after negotiation with the Football Association , the number was reduced to 5, but this is still a huge blow to Shenhua. However, on the surface, Shenhua coach Wu Jingui also stated at the press conference that he would fully support the work of the Chinese Football Association.
