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Stephan Kareem El Shaarawy, an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua and the Italy national team, asked to leave Shenhua and hoped to return to Serie A.
Tianjin Tianhai's withdrawal from professional football due to financial, strategic, and other reasons hint at Chinese football future.
After years of controversy, Chinese football finally took its first step towards normalizing naturalization on the national team level. However, the discussion has not ended yet. People are still unsure whether naturalization can bring hope to this hopeless football country.
Chinese Super League 2019 Weekly: Matchweek 23
Chinese Super League 2019 Weekly: Matchweek 20.
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced its plan to start the 2020 Chinese Super League (CSL) games on July 25.
“The naturalized players in our football team nowadays, they have no blood ties with the country. This is scary, are we becoming better even if we become the World Champion? So just because the FIFA policy allows naturalization, should countries around the world do that?”
Chinese Super League 2019 Weekly: Matchweek 18