Rare Left-Foot Winger Goes To Naturalize Again, This Time, Norway 24-Year-Old Fullback Goes To
Jun 24, 2025
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Citing soccer website Transfermarkt, China's Sohu said on the 23rd that the value of Zheng Zeyan, who plays for Norway's Elite Serien Sandefior, reached 1 million euros (about 1.5 billion won) for the first time. Then 'Jeong Zeyan, whose home is Zhejiang Province, wants to be selected as a national team after naturalization in China. If he is guaranteed the selection of the national team, he is willing to give up his Norwegian nationality, adding that he will resolve the absence of a left-footed winger for the national team, and if realized, he will become the third most valuable player after Saierginio (Serginho) and Wang Yudong.
Zheng Zeyan, who is active in Norway under the name of Christopher Chung, made his professional debut at Starbek in 2020 and has been active until now. He has scored four goals in eight games as the team's main fullback this season.
Since 2010, China has actively implemented naturalization policies to strengthen the national team's power. Players who dominated the Super League, including Ricker (Nico Yenaris), Eiker Sun (Elkesson), Gao Latter (Hikardu Gular), Aran (Alan Carvalho), Jang Kwang-tai (Tires Browning), and Paynando (Fernanzinho), wore uniforms with the Five Star Red Flag one after another. However, as the bubble in the Super League disappeared and each team broke down, they returned to their home country one after another and did not respond to the request to convene the national team. Zhang Guangtai, who has been consistently active in Shanghai's Haigang, is a naturalized player. Paynandu returned to Brazil in January after refusing to call up coach Franco Ivankovic for the national team. In Yunnan's Wikun, there was a skit in which Oscar Maritou, a striker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was tried to naturalize, but his criminal record was revealed. Skepticism has emerged as the effect of strengthening the national team's power has not been revealed even though several players have been naturalized, but they still have no regrets about using naturalized players, including joining Saierginio in March.
Chinese fans are negative about the possibility of Zheng's naturalization. Comments such as 'Don't come, don't get caught up in this mess', 'Don't get obsessed with naturalized players and use young players', 'Dismantle the men's national team and don't even use the name of the national team' were posted on Sohu.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
