World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 276 Naturalization or Not Naturalization

As the saying goes, the eight directions come to court, and the four directions come to congratulate.

Deco was the first, but by no means the last.

In order to play in the World Cup, it is not uncommon for some players with low domestic talent to transfer their nationality to other continents and countries with weak football strength to join the national team.

This is also a way for countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America to improve their football level in a short period of time.

It's like Little Days Next Door.

While learning from the pain after consecutive losses to the Chinese team, he was also thinking about this aspect.

According to Japanese media, Alex Santos, a player who came to the island country to play in the league at the age of 16, is actively cooperating with the transfer of nationality under the preparation of Rizhu Shoes.

Although I don't have to play in the world preliminaries on a small day.

But the World Cup is still a year and a half away.

Including the process of naturalization, the running-in time left for Santos and the team is only about a year.

At this juncture, Deco applied to the Jianglong team for assistance in changing his nationality and naturalization, and there must be expert advice behind it.

But Zeng Zheng is a smart man.

After receiving Ms. Qian's email, she did not ask Xu Fang, Wang Junsheng and others for instructions immediately.

Instead, he directly dialed his girlfriend's phone number.

This matter has to be discussed in the long run.

"Hello? Who is it?"

Hearing the other party's cold voice, Zeng Zheng quickly lost his smile.

"Honey, are you still asleep?"

"Who is your dear?"

Miss Qian's cell phone has a caller ID.

Zeng Zheng didn't believe that the other party didn't know it was him calling.

Tehran was three and a half hours behind the capital, Zeng Zheng looked at the time.

It's 07:30 in the evening here.

"It's not good for your health to always rest so late"

"How do you know it's late on my side? It's still bright on my side!"

Zeng Zheng was taken aback.

Recalling Miss Qian's experience of always running to the frontier.

Maybe it's not time to go to bed in the frontier.

"Honey, I was wrong."

As soon as Zeng Zheng opened his mouth, he used sincerity to kill.

"I'll go home with you this Chinese New Year and discuss our marriage with my future father-in-law. How about you?"

"You want to get married? I don't want to get married yet! Have you asked me what I think?"

Hearing the choking conversation on the other end of the phone, Zeng Zheng had no choice but to smile again.

After saying good things for more than an hour, the tone of the other party changed a bit.

Zeng Zheng was overjoyed and quickly climbed up the pole.

"Honey, do you think we should go home before New Year's Day or after New Year's Day?"

As long as the other party answers this kind of question, Zeng Zheng will pass the test.

The other end of the phone hesitated.

Except for a "ding", the other party didn't answer.

After waiting anxiously for dozens of seconds, the phone finally rang again.

"Well, let me think about it again."

"Hey, grandpa! What else are you thinking about? I've bought all the presents. Even if you don't accompany me when I return home, I will visit my father-in-law once."

"Pfft!"

There was a chuckle from the other end of the phone.

"Honey, you won't leave me alone to your father and your two brothers, will you? What if they pack me up and sell me to Southeast Asia?"

"My family is a serious shipping voice, you think it's a human trafficker!"

Miss Qian said coquettishly, "Okay, don't talk about it, just open the door!"

"Ah? What?"

"I said open the door!"

Zeng Zheng was taken aback.

Quickly bounced off the bed.

Without even wearing slippers, he ran to the door of the hotel room.

When the door opened, there was no one in the corridor.

Can't help feeling lost for a while.

Just when Zeng Zheng picked up the phone and was about to ask the other party what was going on.

Suddenly, a scream was heard from the corridor.

"what!!!"

"Saury, Sory, Sory!"

Immediately afterwards, Zeng Zheng heard a questioning sound both on the phone and in the corridor:
"Asshole, aren't you in 1408?"

"Honey, I'm here! I've changed rooms!"

Zeng Zheng hurriedly yelled towards the corridor.

Every few seconds, a resentful Miss Qian came over from the other side of the corridor angrily dragging the suitcase.

"Honey, I miss you so much!"

Without saying a word, Zeng Zheng rushed forward and hugged the other party in his arms.

The resentment suddenly turned into grievance.

He hugged Zeng Zheng's neck and bit down hard.

"Ouch!!!"

Zeng Zheng endured the pain and hugged his girlfriend tightly.

"Honey, why did you get bitten by a bat? Have you become a vampire?"

Miss Qian sniffled and beat Zeng Zheng's chest repeatedly.

"If I don't send you an email, you won't call me, right?"

"Does it mean that if I don't take the initiative to contact you, you will never contact me?"

"You can marry your football, why do you need me?"

Seeing that the other party's tears were about to flow down.

Zeng Zheng supported Miss Qian's arm while shaking, while patting his girlfriend's back.

Coaxed like a child: "Who said that?"

"I miss you the most these days!"

"Did this one call you as soon as it settled down here?"

"By the way, what email are you talking about? Text message? I didn't receive it!"

Seeing Zeng Zheng's sincere expression, Ms. Qian finally laughed out of tears.

"Okay, let's go into the house! Let others see it, and think you are a hooligan!"

Zeng Zheng came out in a hurry, and now he was wearing flowery underpants all over his body.

Not even slippers.

After being reminded by Miss Qian, she hurried to the door of the room.

However, the door, which had been open just now, was now tightly closed.

"Uh"

Now, Zeng Zheng was completely taken aback.

Looking at the girlfriend on the side, he put his hands together and apologized:
"Honey, I have to trouble you to go to the front desk."

A night of spring supper.

At one o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the two woke up leisurely.

Seeing his girlfriend gulping water in his arms, Zeng Zheng, who thought he was safe, scratched his head.

"Honey, what do you think about Deco's naturalization?"

Miss Qian put down the water glass and wiped her mouth.

Then, before Zeng Zheng could react, he grasped Zeng Zheng's key points.

"Didn't you say you didn't read my email?"

The "Young Lions Project" launched by the Dalian team has begun to bear fruit in the past six months.

After not only half a year of collective training, these young players brought from Cameroon can easily crush the second Dalian team.

This made Mr. Zhao and other persons in charge very happy.

We have to admit.

In terms of athletic talent, Da Lao Hei does have a racial talent.

In the domestic environment where people are always staring at their grades, a large number of people are already ready to make a move.

Everyone knows that.

Of these 20 people from China, as long as one of them is successfully naturalized, he will be a member of the national team.

And once he puts on the Chinese team jersey, the Dalian team's investment over the years will be paid back.

Joining and having players like Li Jinyu and Zhang Xiaorui who can play as the main players in the European League will make a lot of money.

In addition to finding some coaches, paying some wages, and arranging board and lodging in the early stage, it is basically a profitable business.

Coupled with the business of the little life next door and Santos, the word "naturalization" has appeared on the desk of Zhu Xie Zhu Mat more than once.

On this point, Xu and Wang also had a disagreement.

Wang Junsheng is a conservative.

In his view, we can play in the World Cup without naturalization, and there is no need to naturalize a foreign player.

Xu Fang is a practical man.

He didn't support naturalization more, but thought that since it can be used by me, why not show our national tolerance and get better results in the World Series by the way?

These two ideas are neither right nor wrong, and each has its own support.

But there is also a practical problem here.

That is our country is different from other countries.

We do not recognize dual citizenship, and naturalization is very troublesome.

According to regulations, foreigners who want to be naturalized must meet at least one of the three conditions.

Either they are close relatives of Chinese people; or they have settled in China for a long time; or they have some legitimate reasons.

Deco definitely doesn't meet the first point.

The second point is that he has not spent as many days in the Jianglong team as Santos in Xiaotian in the past two years, which seems to be very troublesome.

As for the "legitimate reason" of the third point, there is a lot of room for maneuver.

For example, senior technical personnel in a certain field, or large investors, or foreigners who have made special contributions to China, or have Chinese spouses who have been married for more than several years.

For Deco, if he wants to come to China to play in the 02 World Cup, apart from using his brains on "foreigners with special contributions", he should not think about anything else.

After handing in homework twice, my waist was pinched black and blue by my girlfriend, my neck was covered with teeth marks, and my back was covered with nail marks.
Ms. Qian finally put the topic on the right track.

"I think whether this matter will work or not depends mainly on Deco's own thoughts."

"Oh? How do you say that?"

As soon as Zeng Zheng heard it, he became energetic.

Even with that, Xiao Zengzheng also reacted.

Ms. Qian, who was riding high on the top, was extremely satisfied, "With Deco's ability, it is not impossible for him to represent the Chinese team in the World Cup."

"But the key question is, does he want to play in the World Cup, or does he want to play for the Chinese team?"

"Is there any difference?" Zeng Zheng asked quickly.

"As a professional footballer, there is nothing wrong with him wanting to play in the World Cup."

"But the Brazilian country is full of talents, so it is reasonable for him not to be selected."

"And the reason why he wants to be naturalized with us is nothing more than because he is currently playing for the Jianglong team."

"If he changes a league or a team, he might want to be naturalized in the country where he is."

"And his purpose is only to use the World Cup to gain a higher honor and status in the football world."

After hearing this, Zeng Zheng nodded repeatedly.

Xiao Zengzheng's frequent nods were exchanged for Miss Qian's next words.

"If he is holding this idea, then there is no need to think about it."

"Our naturalization methods and procedures here are very cumbersome. It's not like our football team can't qualify for the World Cup without him, so don't even think about the 02 World Cup."

"But if he has really fallen in love with this land during his two years in China, he can definitely marry a wife and have children here."

"As a Chinese family member, switch to another country, and then compete fairly with other players to be selected into the team."

"But it will take a long time to meet those conditions."

"Judging from his current situation, the 06 World Cup may not necessarily catch up."

"Wait until 10 years, he will be 33 years old, almost his last World Cup."

"Although I have Chinese nationality by then, it is very likely that I will be eliminated directly because of my age or status."

"So, if he wants to play for the Chinese team, naturalization is easy, but he has to consider the consequences of not being able to play in the World Cup even if he is naturalized."

Hearing what his girlfriend said, Zeng Zheng suddenly became enlightened.

Just when Xiao Zengzheng was about to "suddenly see the light" once, he was quickly controlled by Ms. Qian.

"Wait a minute, I'm not finished yet!"

"Oh, oh, then you go on, go on."

Zeng Zheng took a deep breath, forced himself to hold back, and continued listening.

"Although for Deco personally, his own thoughts will affect his future career."

"But in the matter of naturalization, he is not the only one available."

"Aside from Deco, many players have approached me now, wanting to change their nationality and come to us."

"The largest proportion of them is Japan and South Korea next door."

"Especially South Korea."

"They are close to us, so we can look up and see if they are related to a family in Northeast China or Shandong, so it is very convenient to operate."

"But the question is, does our national team really need these players?"

Speaking of this, Miss Qian paused.

Not only gave Zeng Zheng some time to think, but also gave Zeng Zheng some rest time.

One minute later, Miss Qian's lips moved again.

"It's all up to you, my coach Zeng Da!"

"As long as you are still in the position of the head coach of the national team, if you say that the national team lacks talents, then there will be such talents."

"If we can cultivate, we will cultivate."

"But what can't be cultivated?"

"If you can't cultivate it, then you have to be naturalized!"

Hearing this, Zeng Zheng also nodded slowly.

"That is to say, it depends on what Zhuxie wants from our national team, right?"

"Not only the bamboo shoes, but also you!"

Miss Qian pointed at Zeng Zheng's chest with her nailless index finger.

"The team you lead yourself, what level do you want to achieve?"

"And the players you play under, how far they want to go."

"Finally, don't forget the millions of fans across the country."

"Do they think it is enough for football to enter the World Cup, or at least qualify for the group stage, or the quarter-finals, semi-finals, or even the World Cup champion."

"It may be a bit too much to say that you are a champion."

"Let's talk about the top four."

"We won the Olympic bronze medal, what is it like, you know better than me."

"But what about the top four in the World Cup?"

"I remember you told me that the top four in the Olympics can't be compared with the top four in the World Cup, right?"

"If you want to lead the team to the top four in the World Cup, can you do it with the players you have now, and the local players you will train in the next four, eight, and 12 years?"

Ms. Qian's repeated questions made Zeng Zheng deep in thought.

At the beginning, he was thinking, at least twice to enter the World Cup, right? !
But now, as the national team has won more and more championships in Asia.

Zeng Zheng's desire inevitably swelled up.

He himself is fine.

But what about the fans?

Can the fans accept that the end of the Chinese team is at the level of the Asian Cup champion?
He didn't want to go back too much on the memory of his previous life.

Just now.

After winning the Olympic bronze medal and winning the Asian Cup.

No matter which media, they regard entering the next year's World Cup as a "completed" goal.

It seemed to them.

As long as Zeng Zheng leads the team, it is inevitable to accomplish this goal.

But besides Japan and South Korea, there are many other teams in Asia that are capable, okay? !
This time, there were only 2.5 places in the Asian region, and he squeezed out Milu's place again.

Can next year's world preliminaries really qualify?
Zeng Zheng didn't know what to do.

Fans and the media no longer regard this matter as a "task".

It is enough to see that the desires of fans are endless.

From this perspective, if you can obtain "foreign aid" that can quickly improve the team's combat effectiveness in a short period of time, it would be an excellent choice.

In Zeng Zheng's own opinion.

For naturalization, it is also acceptable to supplement the team with one or two foreign players who strengthen and strengthen the weak.

In Xu Fang's words.

This can not only improve the level and ranking of the team in international competitions, but also form a catfish effect among the local players, stimulating the players to work harder.

At the same time, it also demonstrates our inclusive culture, and in this way, we have gained higher football popularity and public support.

Why not try to do this kind of thing that is beneficial to the overall situation and the people?

When Zeng Zheng was thinking seriously, his chest suddenly felt tight, and his girlfriend fell on top of him at some point.

"Bastard, big bastard! Why did you take so long?" The tired and paralyzed Ms. Qian cried, "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

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