When Xia Xiaoyu and his club teammates were changing clothes in the locker room and preparing to start a new day of training, he heard a familiar yet unfamiliar voice coming from outside.
As the sound got louder and louder, he looked out and saw four people walking in from outside the locker room door, namely Zhang Qinghuan, Wang Guangwei, Chen Xingyi, and... Hu Lai!
Seeing the four people coming in, everyone in the locker room turned to look at them, and then vice-captain Qin Lin suddenly took the lead and applauded them.
Then the other Flash Star players in the locker room applauded them as they entered.
Amid the applause, Zhang Qinghuan quickly slid aside and joined the applauding crowd.
The three young people just stood at the door, a little surprised and a little reserved in the face of everyone's applause.
Amidst everyone's applause, the three young people took a step back and bowed to their teammates in the locker room.
When I got up again, someone in the locker room whistled: "Awesome!"
"Broad, broad! Really broad!"
Qin Lin stepped forward and smiled at the three young people: "You have achieved all of our goals."
"Brother Lin, you have also participated in the Olympics..." Hu Lai said.
Qin Lin waved his hand quickly: "That doesn't count."
During the 2012 Capital Olympics, Qin Lin participated in the men's football competition of that Olympics as one of the three over-age players.
However, the results were very poor and were later considered a shame by the media and fans.
Qin Lin, as an over-age player in that game, was naturally highly anticipated and concerned. Everyone believed that he would lead the Olympic team to achieve a breakthrough for Chinese football in international competitions.
As a result, he did not show his strength in the game, and he could not integrate well with the team after joining the Olympic team temporarily.
As a result, during the game, he couldn't integrate into the team, and the team couldn't understand him. Everyone played their own game.
How is it possible to fulfill the task given by the Football Association - to reach the knockout stage?
For Qin Lin, it was also an Olympic Games full of painful memories. He didn't even feel that he had participated in this Olympic Games.
Xia Xiaoyu, who was next to Qin Lin, squeezed forward excitedly, looked at Hu Lai and grinned: "Brother Hu, I'm joining the first team!"
Hu Lai was very happy to see that his junior and school teammate really appeared in the first team. He patted Xia Xiaoyu on the shoulder hard: "Beautiful!"
The two of them worked well together when they were on the school team, and now that they are here at Flash Star, I believe they will be able to create sparks.
The most important thing is that the teammates who were on the school team together have also stood on the professional football field after hard work.
Hu Lai was sincerely happy for Xia Xiaoyu.
Then he looked around the locker room.
He found that there were a few familiar faces missing from the crowd. They must have left the Stars on transfer or on loan.
There are a few more new faces, probably from transfers.
Li Tielin came up and introduced new teammates to the three of them - the three of them left the team after the end of last season and never came back. Today's team has undergone personnel changes, so of course they need to be re-introduced.
On the front line, Macaulay Murphy, a foreign aid forward in the previous two seasons, left and went to the Chinese League One team Sichuan Chongshan.
Last season, because Chen Xingyi joined on loan, it was difficult for Murphy to play the main role in the team.
At that time, he had already decided to transfer and leave after the season.
As for why I went to the Chinese League One team instead of the Chinese Super League team.
It's simple, because no Chinese Super League team wants him...
With his ability, it would be difficult to find a suitable job and get a suitable salary in the Chinese Super League. But if he plays in the Chinese Super League, there are still many teams competing for him, and he can also get a higher salary.
For Murphy, football is just a profession for him to make a living. If he can get a higher salary by playing in the Chinese League One team than in the Chinese Super League team, what's wrong with the Chinese League One team?
After Murphy left, Flash Star also introduced two forwards, but they were not foreign players.
Kang Ziqing, a forward who played for Yunyang Phoenix, a Chinese Super League team in Zechu Province last season, played for Yunyang Phoenix for four seasons. After the end of last season, his contract expired and he came to Flash Star on a free transfer. His ability is average, but he is better in overall balance.
That is to say, he has abilities in all aspects, but they are not outstanding. But because Zhao Kangming positions him as a substitute forward, he needs such comprehensive and mediocre qualities. Otherwise, how could he be willing to come to Flash Star as a substitute for two young people?
Although his strength is not very strong, Zhao Kangming has no complaints if he can get him without spending a penny.
In addition to Kang Ziqing, there is also a new player on the front line: Li Rong, who transferred from Shanhai Mariners. He is young, only 22 years old, a fast winger with strong breakthrough ability, and was signed by Zhao Kangming as a winger.
Chen Xingyi's successor training - after all, after this season, Dashun Golden Arrow should not be able to continue the loan or simply sell Chen Xingyi to Flash Star.
When Chen Xingyi is gone, what will happen to Flash Star's offensive system?
You must plan ahead.
Li Rong, a young player, cost the Flash Star Club 7 million yuan, which is not cheap. He was once trained as a star of hope in the Shanhai Mariners, but now that he is 22 years old, he still cannot play in the team.
With the stable game, coupled with the fact that the Mariners' first team promoted a young forward named "Zhou Zijing" from the youth team this season, Li Rong's position in the first team's forward line suddenly disappeared. He took the initiative to seek a transfer and came here.
The twinkling star.
It was also from Li Rong that Hu Lai learned that Zhou Zijing had really entered the professional football world and was doing well enough to join the first team of a strong team like the Shanhaimen Mariners. Moreover, the Mariners Club also offered the same football player to him for his sake.
Young striker Li Rong was let go, which shows how much the club attaches importance to him.
The midfielder has not made any signings so far, but has sold several original players.
On the back line, the club completed its most expensive signing so far this season.
Ding Yuanhai, a versatile defender who played the main rotation for Shanhai Blue Moon last season, can play as both right back and right center back. At the age of 27, he is in his prime and is an important part of Blue Moon's defense.
.But he had a falling out with the Blue Moon Club over the contract renewal issue and insisted on leaving the team.
Logically speaking, there is no shortage of potential buyers for such a player, but the reason why he chose to come to Shining Star is entirely because of Shining Star's head coach, Zhao Kangming.
Although Ding Yuanhai played for Shanhailanyue, the first stop of his career was at Nanling Poseidon. Zhao Kangming was his mentor in Poseidon youth team. It is precisely because of Zhao Kangming's training that he can
Become a great professional player.
So after he decided to leave, when Zhao Kangming called him, he immediately rejected other clubs with higher salary offers and switched to his mentor.
In order to get him, Flash Star Club paid a price of 18 million.
Ding Yuanhai is also the star transfer bidder during this transfer window.
But this is definitely a good deal.
After all, if Ding Yuanhai hadn't left, he would have been worth at least 20 million in the transfer market.
His arrival solved a hidden danger in the defense of Flash Stars, that is, as he gets older, the team's captain and original main center back Li Tielin has gradually been unable to keep up with the team's requirements for playing in the Chinese Super League.
When Flash Stars had just been promoted to the Chinese League One, Li Tielin transferred to join the team and is currently the longest-serving member of the team.
As captain, everyone respects him.
But the most important central defender...
When he first moved to Flash Stars, he was more than enough to cope with the Chinese League One, but now as he gets older, it is a bit difficult to cope with the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League.
It is impossible for Zhao Kangming to give him a main position just because he is the captain.
Ding Yuanhai's arrival is to replace the thirty-two-year-old Li Tielin.
Li Tielin will continue to play his role as captain in the locker room.
In addition, Zhao Kangming also promoted several players from the Flash Star youth team and reserve team who were trained by the club's own youth training system, represented by Xia Xiaoyu, and they will also become a supplement to the team's lineup.
But generally speaking, Flash Star has not spent a lot of money in the transfer market, nor has it made much effort to recruit players. There have not been any major changes to the overall framework of the team, but they have only strengthened some weak links.
This is also in line with the business philosophy of Flash Star Club.
That means never burning money blindly.
This is related to the fact that Flash Star is not a financially strong club.
From the performance of Flash Star in the transfer market, we can also see that when Zhao Kangming said in an interview with reporters that his team's goal this season is to avoid relegation, he was not being modest, but seeking truth from facts.
With the depth and width of the current lineup of Flash Star, it is indeed difficult to achieve good results in the Chinese Super League.
The Chinese Super League is different from the Chinese Premier League. The Chinese Super League is a game for wealthy financiers who do not use money as money.
Dashun Golden Arrows, Lingnan South China Tigers, Nanjiarui Lions, Shanhai Mariners...the money these teams spend on a foreign player is probably higher than the entire season's transfer budget of the Stars.
It is probably the business philosophy of Flash Star that gave birth to the football concept of "Zhao Kangming and his children".
Pay attention to youth training and reuse young people.
Spend a little money to do big things.
Although it may not be possible to win the championship, it can inject fresh blood into Chinese football, which is not a bad thing for Chinese football as a whole.
