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Chapter 577: The commercial value of League A!
Latest URL: After the first round of the draft, the second round will start after a short break.
At this time, the camera panned over, and a group of rookies who were still waiting at the scene were all boasting. They were obviously very distressed about not being selected in the first round, and at the same time they were very dissatisfied.
Fans in the countries where these overseas players are located must feel very empathetic, because these players are all amazing geniuses on their own three-acre land.
But it is a pity that they came to China tonight, and came to this draft that has been prepared for several years. Facing top talents from all over the world, many of them are naturally not that good.
But is there any gold buried, missed in the first round?
Of course there are a few pieces, but it's a pity that if you want to dig them out, you have to depend on your luck, and your eyesight is not the most important thing.
Generally, the talents who have not been selected by this time are either late bloomers, or they have practiced football too late and have not yet shown their talents.
Especially the latter type of players, there are many in Asia and more in Africa.
Wu Jie's ET football club chose such a piece of gold from Africa.
With the second pick in the second round, they unexpectedly chose a 16-year-old defender from Tanzania, Africa, the son of a certain chief who was not bad in the local area-Hassan Jakaya Zhakabi.
After the first round of the draft, Hassan couldn't help crying on the spot.
Although he was born in a wealthy family in Africa, the problem is that his father has more than a dozen children. He himself is not valued by his father, and he was not raised as an heir at all.
That's why he was sent to the "Alien Football School" to learn football because of his excellent physical fitness, but he was already 12 years old at that time.
He just started practicing football at this age, so of course it was a bit late. Tonight, his immediate combat power was definitely ranked last among the more than 100 people present.
The reason why ET Football Club chose Hassan in the second round was naturally because he was a student of the "Alien Football School".
So only they know that this African boy who grew to 182cm at the age of 16 and has even reached four and a half stars in pure physical talent (the overall talent is still four stars), is definitely not inferior to anyone in the first round except Wu Jie in terms of potential.
Now use a second-round lottery to gamble, even if it fails, it won't be a pity, but if it succeeds, it will make a lot of money.
As a result, Hassan became the first African player to participate in the draft in the history of the A-League, and has the opportunity to become the first African player to officially debut in the A-League in the future.
"Damn! Why don't you choose players from Japan/South Korea?!"
But as Hassan, the unknown person in everyone's eyes, was selected, the fans who were scratching their heads again were naturally mainly Japanese and South Korean fans.
Fans from these two countries saw that even an African **** was selected, but several of their own players were still in an embarrassing situation where no one cares about them, so don't worry too much!
But I'm sorry, as Li Bing was selected by the Dalian team, the next overseas player to be selected was still not a Japanese or Korean player, but a 21-year-old striker from Saudi Arabia, Saeed Al Ovilan.
At this time, the Montenegro club also felt that there were no particularly bright young seedlings, so in the fourth round of the second round, they simply selected a player with outstanding combat ability. Said also became the first player to go to the A-League. Saudi football player.
Wu Jie feels a little sorry for this, Said is indeed one of the most powerful players on the field, and he is fully qualified to be selected in the first round in terms of strength.
However, each team will definitely give priority to potential when selecting rookies, so the 21-year-old Said fell to the second round, which was cheaper than that guy Ruda.
After a few more rounds, the Uni-President Club also chose to fight immediately, and also chose a name that made the South Korean fans who had been suppressed for a long time finally cheer - Huang Shanhong.
Like the South Korean fans, Hwang Sun-hong has waited too long for this moment.
So I saw him among the South Korean players participating in the draft, raised his hands and raised his head and shouted, his whole face was flushed with excitement!
"Selected! Selected! Guangxi Unified Football Club, which is extremely powerful in China's top league, finally became the first team on the scene to open their eyes. They correctly selected the sharpest knife from the Korean nation. It is said that Huang Shanhong's body Flowing with Chinese blood!"
South Korea's TV commentators were also very excited. Although they still felt a little disappointed and dissatisfied deep down in their hearts that their players were not selected in the first round, they also knew how difficult it was to get into the first round.
Let’s not talk about others, let’s just say that Su Maozhen, who was selected last in the first round, once scored twice against South Korea in U17 and U20. Their defense is completely unable to restrain this tall Chinese striker Pa.
So South Korea was somewhat dissatisfied on the surface to be selected at the top of the second round, but it was already very happy in its heart. At least not a single Japanese player had been selected at this time.
Of course, the Japanese fans will be more disappointed than before. This is not only because no Japanese players have been selected so far, but the bigger reason is that they were one step ahead of the South Koreans. This is the most unbearable failure for them!
Of course, if China knows about the host of South Korea and spreads rumors that the guy has Chinese ancestry, then at least the unified team may not choose him, because this is too disgusting, okay?
But to be honest, the 20-year-old Huang Shanhong is indeed the best striker of this generation in Japan and South Korea. After all, in the original plane, he was also a European player who had been to Levkusen and sat on the bench. Too much difference.
It is definitely not a loss for the unified team to use a second-round pick to select such a decent striker. Besides, they can also get a lot of advertising sponsorship from the South Korean Foundation from Huang Shanhong, so it will be more worthwhile.
That's right, when clubs controlled by small groups consider overseas players, the commercial value behind them is definitely an important consideration, otherwise they may not be given a fair chance to compete.
In other words, if these overseas players want to have a fair chance to compete in League A, in addition to their own level close to that of local players, they must also have commercial value that local players do not have.
The lack of one of the two will not be fair at all, after all, this is a Chinese league.
The Wave Club agreed, and after they selected two more local rookies in Shandong and Fujian, they finally made a move to relieve the Japanese fans from their extreme depression.
"Long live!"
"My God! Has it finally been chosen?"
"Bless the Emperor! I have finally been chosen!"
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The second round of the draft continued until the ninth pick. When the Wave Club finally announced that they had selected the 21-year-old striker Chiroshi Miura from Japan, the whole of Japan shouted "Long live" at this moment!
At this moment, countless Japanese fans wept with joy!
They finally have players in the Chinese league!
They can finally set foot on the holy land of football to seek the truth!
At this time, even Zhiliang Miura couldn't help but burst into tears, and excitedly hugged and comforted the Japanese players around him who were also happy for him, and at the same time accepted the envious and excited blessings of the Japanese players.
"You actually chose Zhiliang Miura?"
Wu Jie was quite surprised. He felt that Zhiliang Miura was not the best striker among the remaining rookies, and his Japanese teammate Masashi Nakayama might be even better.
Sure enough, the Montenegro Club, with the 12th pick in the second round, really recruited another young striker in Japanese football, and they selected Masashi Nakayama, who is also 21 years old.
As soon as the draft results came out, some excited Japanese fans even challenged South Korea on the spot!
The Japanese fans in front of the TV cheered loudly as if they had won a huge victory!
They are now leading South Korea 2:1!
This is indeed a huge victory!
However, the Japanese were not happy for too long. Shenzhen's Lenovo Football Club actually selected the 19-year-old defender Hong Myung-bo from South Korea as the 15th pick in the second round.
Wu Jie is quite satisfied with this choice. Hong Mingfu's talent is no worse than that of Jia Xiuquan before he was promoted. After all, he was selected as the defender of the best Asian men's football team in the 20th century selected by the "International Federation of Football History and Statistics" in the original plane. As long as he is trained well, he can be considered a top defender in League A.
The last rookie selected in the second round was Jiang Jin. The Bayi Club thought that there were really no good prospects among the remaining players, so they simply selected a young local goalkeeper to train.
But are there really no good seedlings?
Of course Wu Jie knew that there were still a few fish that slipped through the net, but there were indeed not too many good seedlings to be selected in the remaining two rounds.
This sounds unreasonable. After all, after two rounds of the draft, only 32 players were selected.
There are several times more young geniuses in this plane than in the original plane. How could it be possible that there are not many left?
Wu Jie knew why, it was because many good young players, like Ruda, chose to join a certain team in advance.
This is also a compromise of the Football Association. It can't really be one size fits all, forcing these clubs to spend a lot of energy to train newcomers to participate in the draft unconditionally, right?
Therefore, most of the young generation participating in the draft today are students from small football schools and contemporaries from overseas. This is why so many overseas players were selected in the first two rounds.
And the process of the last two rounds of the draft has naturally been sped up again.
In the third round, Wu Jie's Lenovo team selected an overseas player again. This year, only 16-year-old Saudi goalkeeper Mohamed Al Deayaya was selected.
They selected the 18-year-old tall guard Sean Murphy from Australia in the fourth round. This is already the end of the draft, and there are only good seedlings left.
The rest of the outstanding overseas players selected in the last two rounds are—
Iraq's active top scorer, 24-year-old Ahmed Radi.
Japan's 21-year-old defender Masami Ihara and 21-year-old center Takuya Takagi.
South Korea's 21-year-old goalkeeper Kang San.
Saudi Arabia's 23-year-old midfielder Fahad Al Bihi.
Kuwait's 16-year-old striker Houwadi.
But the most interesting thing is that the last overseas rookie selected in the fourth round, and the last one selected by the ET club after being unbeatable, is actually the 29-year-old Thai football king, nicknamed "Thunderbolt" Phayapon · Periyaan.
Wu Jie is also very distressed about this, he never thought that his team (not his own team) would actually choose such a rookie, who is several years older than him!
In addition to Thai fans, Chinese fans and even Asian fans will also be speechless looking at such a rookie whose face is full of years.
But to be honest, the Thai football king's immediate combat ability is not bad, at least in the League A at this time, it is not that there is no chance of trying to enter the ranks of the top ten strikers. What about Europe?
As for the exact strength of the 29-year-old Thai football champion, how can I describe it... Probably a low-profile version of Hao Jianguo... Yes, the characteristics and styles of the two are very similar. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
Of course, this low match refers to the peak Hao Jianguo, and this time, Periya'an is still 80% of the peak level, so he even has a chance to become the first substitute of the ET club's striker this season.
This Periyaan is really not an unknown person. He spent his peak period in Seoul FC and helped Seoul FC win a K-League championship. He also won a K-League top scorer and a K-League assist king. , and was selected to the best team of the K-League once.
If you ask why he came to China to play football at the age of 29, you can only talk about the signing company behind him, Red Bull, the number one beverage brand in Thailand.
The Chinese Ministry of Sports and the Football Association have not really had a clear understanding of the commercial value of the A-League.
Even Wu Jie himself may not have really realized how strong their commercial value has been for the Chinese football league at this time due to their improvement of Chinese football over the years.
To put it bluntly, even European fans really want to watch the first season of League A!