On the afternoon of the 20th, the Swiss Super League team Grasshoppers officially announced that Li Lei, who plays for the Beijing Guoan team, will officially join the team in January next year.
This also marks that the 30-year-old international will embark on his first overseas career in a few days.
For Li Lei, being able to jump out of the "comfort zone" to exercise himself to improve his skills is in itself a very affirmative and praiseworthy thing. For Chinese football, only more and more "Li Lei" go out. It is possible to get good results.
About half a month ago, the media successively disclosed the news that Li Lei would stay abroad.
As a player in his early years, Li Lei has to make a lot of determination to choose to stay abroad. After all, with his ability and level, he can get a good contract with any domestic giant team. , And the reason why he chose to study abroad is mainly to improve his understanding of football in all aspects.
Looking back on the past few seasons, Li Lei's performance is obvious to all.
Since becoming a member of Guoan in 2015, Li Lei has devoted himself and ran to become the team's "fighting Saburo", and his progress is obvious, from the "stunned youth" when he first arrived on the team. Gradually became a frequent visitor in the rotation lineup, and later established a main position, Li Lei step by step to take his football path very steadily.
If there is any regret, it may be his international career. In the summer of 2017, he was supposed to be able to report to the national team but he was absent due to an injury. Later, although he was called up on and off, but until now, he has not been able to. Occupy the main position in the national football.
But whose football career is perfect?
Now Li Lei chose to go abroad and set foot on the European football arena, which also made up for the regret that he had no experience abroad before.
For him, landing in the second-rate Swiss Super League in Europe is to help him adapt to the rhythm of European football as soon as possible and fight for a rotation place.
It is understood that after this Swiss team official announcement, Li Lei's national security career will also come to an end.
For him, who is due at the end of the year, how many more league games he can play is also a topic of concern to the outside world.
Because according to the schedule, the final round of Guoan will not end until January 4 next year, but at that time Li Lei was actually no longer a player during the contract period.
However, from the current point of view, Li Lei should continue to stay with the team to play the next few games.
As for when he will leave the division for Europe, there is no accurate timetable yet.
For the current Guoan, Li Lei’s departure is bound to have a great impact on the overall strength of the team, because whether he is left back or left back, he is one of the core players, and after his departure, the current substitute Jin Taiyan and Liu Huan, who can play as a central defender, are bound to take on more responsibilities.
After the end of this season, whether this position will use the young reserve team or look for a replacement for Li Lei in the transfer market, this requires the Guoan coaching staff to make a choice.
Text / reporter Zhang Kunlong