That's right. That's right. Foreign stars who can't be refuted. Fans are laughing
Aug 25, 2025
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Ravelsi made his debut in the Chinese Super League in 2016 through Hebei Huasha Xingfu (dismantling). At that time, criticism was mainly focused on choosing to go to China at the age of 30 in Paris Saint-Germain. However, some pointed out that it would have been practically difficult to defeat Hebei's proposal at the time. At the time, European media analyzed that Hebei offered £798,000 a week (about 1.5 billion won) and a maximum annual salary of £41.5 million (about 28.1 billion won) to Labe City. Ravelsy retired from active duty after scoring 35 goals-26 assists over four years in Hebei. After announcing his retirement after the 2019 season, he reportedly earned 165 million pounds (about 309 billion won) in China, including bonuses.
China's Sohu Dotcom recently reported that La Vie looked back on life in China. Ravelsh said "At that time (China) honestly, I just chose (to go to China) to make money. So I held on. But playing in China wasn't really easy. There was no one to lean on except for a foreign player. The Chinese league relied solely on foreign players."
Chinese media have been sweating since Ravelsi's remarks were reported. Tencent stressed that it should be wary of over-interpretation, saying, `It's just a statement from personal experience, and it doesn't seem like it was intentionally intended to denigrate Chinese soccer.'
Local fans, however, had different views. Chinese fans responded in the comments section of the article that delivered La Vie's news with self-deprecating reactions such as 'wouldn't have been out of breath after the game', 'How do you want Chinese players to understand him when they are so low-level that there is nothing they can do?' and 'What he meant to say is that Chinese players are not committed, not serious, not combative, and even lazy.'
China, which broke up with head coach Branko Ivankovic after failing to advance to the 2026 North-China World Cup finals, also clearly revealed the level difference by losing to South Korea and Japan, who played in the second or third rounds at the 2025 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship. Recently, it was reported that executives and leaders from China's Sports Bureau were dispatched to the Chinese Football Association to try to restructure. However, the issue of appointing an adult national team coach is still intact, and big and small accidents in the Super League are also continuing. It is Chinese soccer in a total crisis.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
