Wu Lei signed for Espanyol last year after spending his whole career in China.This is a complete toss up if he’ll be good. Genuinely have no idea. Is there any precedent for a player coming from China to a bigger league?
sun jihaiThis is a complete toss up if he’ll be good. Genuinely have no idea. Is there any precedent for a player coming from China to a bigger league?
Ah of course, how could I forget.sun jihai
So which of our starting defenders is he going to displace .... ?
Not so sure about the risk. For a left sided centre back ( not left footed admittedly) which he seems to be the money does not seem excessive. In terms of settling in we can afford to give him EL game time and allow him to adapt culturally to the game in England. Good age for development, good commercial interest from the Asian market. Physically impressive. I’m
Not sure this is a risky signing to be honest. This seems very sensible considering what for example Utd paid for a mediocre left sided centre back last summer ....
He doesn’t have to replace anyone. Keep in mind what Jose is saying. We need a squad full of talent like our competitors have. We need to stop thinking of our first XI as being untouchables. When we sign someone they don’t have to immediately bench someone or be resigned to the bench themselves. Multiple good options in every position ready to play when needed is what we’re going for.So which of our starting defenders is he going to displace .... ?
Thing is people are already questioning his quality ...Any one of them, the point is having quality competition for places, surely. The onus is on him to work his way in to the starting line up.
We also need to look at how quickly Jan deteriorated (for want of a better word) and recognise that Toby is potentially only a year or two behind that, so some early contingency planning seems to make good sense.
sun jihai
Excellent post and I agree.He doesn’t have to replace anyone. Keep in mind what Jose is saying. We need a squad full of talent like our competitors have. We need to stop thinking of our first XI as being untouchables. When we sign someone they don’t have to immediately bench someone or be resigned to the bench themselves. Multiple good options in every position ready to play when needed is what we’re going for.
Thing is people are already questioning his quality ...
So many experts on here.
You're right.Yeah but not one of the fuckers has seen him play so who cares
This is a complete toss up if he’ll be good. Genuinely have no idea. Is there any precedent for a player coming from China to a bigger league?
yes, palace bought fan zhiyi and loaned sunHe was Palace wasn’t he?
And didn’t they have a second Chinese player at that time?
RacistWu Lei signed for Espanyol last year after spending his whole career in China.
Espanyol were relegated.
yes, palace bought fan zhiyi and loaned sun