Yang: Naturalization not a solution By SHI FUTIAN | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-15 08:51 Share Ai Kesen. Provided To China Daily
Ever since China imported its first naturalized player in 2019, the strategy has attracted its fair share of controversy.
Former China and Eintracht Frankfurt star Yang Chen is among the doubters, arguing that the policy does more harm than good to the Chinese game－at least in the long term. Personally speaking, it s very hard for me to accept naturalization, the 46-year-old said during a podcast with soccer commentator Zhan Jun on Wednesday. But now it s already a sort of helpless choice.