"I think you should serve as the youth training ambassador of Chinese football and attract more young people to play football. The base of domestic football children is too small, and they are not as good as Amsterdam!"

When Li Jiao said this, he felt a little regretful and sighed.

Of course Wu Sanshi also understands it. The base of Chinese football is small, smaller than ten years ago.

More than a decade ago, A-A was popular and the Serie A World Cup was still there, soccer was once popular in China.

There are children playing football in the streets and alleys, including him Wu Sanshi! He also fell in love with football because of this.

But now, there are fewer and fewer children playing football.

How small is the base? A piece of news is quite shocking.

The person in charge of the Registration and Transfer Office of the Chinese Football Association said that there are about 50,000 players registered with the Chinese Football Association, but this number is far from the number of people actually participating in football activities.

Among the 50,000 people, there are only about 900 real professional players, which is seriously disproportionate to China's total population.

Some time ago, the National Football Association conducted a questionnaire survey and distributed it to the sports bureaus of various provinces and cities.

This questionnaire is a tool to fully reveal the current realization of Chinese football. Each questionnaire is 35 pages long and is called the General Administration of Sports and the Chinese Football Association - a major survey on the financial resources of Chinese football.

According to the accurate data revealed by this survey, there are only 8,000 registered football players in the country, which is inferior to Vietnam's 50,000.

The content of this survey is very broad, covering the number of players, football matches at all levels, and the number of coaches, the number of standard stadiums in various places, etc. The relevant data such as local sports bureaus are required to fill in truthfully. This survey even includes the level of large-scale sports competitions that can be hosted by local sports facilities, the development of schools and local amateur football matches.

The Football Associations of various countries have dynamic tracking and statistics on their respective football populations every year. In recent years, everyone has said that Chinese football has a weak foundation and few registered players have lost. However, how many registered players are currently in the country, this time, the Chinese Football Association has given the accurate answer through this large-scale survey - 8,000 people!

Our football population is far from comparable to Japan, which has 500,000 registered players. Even Vietnam's football population has reached 50,000. France's registered football population in 2011 reached 1.46 million, and our foundation is too thin.

France  1.46 million

Spain  670,000

Germany  630,000

Japan   500,000

Vietnam  50,000

China  8,000

This is too terrible, too exaggerated, but it is real data.

What’s even more regretful is that between 1990 and 1995, there were 650,000 players in my country who participated in football!

Now, only about 30,000 teenagers participate in football.

Of course, this includes both professional and non-professional.

Compared with the number of teenagers in those years, the number of registered football players has dropped sharply by more than 600,000.

What kind of concept is this!

"I...can I?" Wu Sanshi felt his shoulders heavy for the first time, and a feeling of powerlessness surged in his heart.

One person cannot change Chinese football.

unless……

He can really become a superstar and win the Golden Globe like Messi and Ronaldo.

Or, like Yao Ming, has a world in the NBA basketball world?

Despite this, this is not the normal path that football should take. It requires the use of stars to inspire and lead teenagers.

He didn't think that doing this was enough, but he didn't deny that it would be even more sad if he didn't even do this.

"What do you want me to do?"

"I think the country should cooperate with you in a long-term way. You are the hero and role model of this country. The teenagers like to watch you play football. They think they are handsome now."

"Take this time, the country should increase its publicity efforts, promote youth football, and strengthen infrastructure. Although this is not our most glorious football era, we have ushered in new opportunities. Once we miss such an opportunity, we don't know when we can survive..."

Li Jiao is indeed a very thoughtful guy.

"Then what you mean is, I have to go back to the country like an entertainment star, often to go around and promote it? Or join certain youth training bases?"

"The blacksmith needs to be strong himself. The higher you achieve in the field of football, the more you can drive the children's enthusiasm for playing football, and the more you can make more children like football."

"As for the youth training base, I don't think it's too commercial. I think our locomotive has the same concept as the Chongming Island Training Base. We all aim to cultivate Chinese football talents. You can completely help the two companies promote youth football, of course they appear as youth training ambassadors."

"This is OK."

“If it is necessary, I can do it. It is indeed my responsibility and obligation.”

Wu Sanshi nodded.

"But is the country willing to do this?"

"I'm afraid that the time will be wrong again. You should know that many people only care about money and interests."

Wu Sanshi thought a little too much.

When he has the status of a youth training ambassador, many people will use his status to make money. It is obvious that he is doing youth training, but in fact he is just making money.

This kind of thing is really normal, and there are really not many places where you can really do youth training.

"I have to discuss this with my agent. In addition, I have to find a Chinese agent and a very reliable Chinese agent."

"Actually, I know I will always get to this point, and I also want to listen to the advice of Xu Genbao."

"Well, yes, you're right. I'm still not considering the problem. I just thought about youth training, but I didn't consider other problems that might arise."

Li Jiao was taught again and became more and more humble.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Brand, who was standing beside him, looked confused. After listening to the two of them chatting for so long, he really couldn't understand a single word.

"We're talking about football,"

"Football, why don't you talk in Dutch so I can understand it."

"Ah, haha, because we are afraid of scaring you..." Wu Sanshi smiled.

"Why can you scare me when talking about football? You're going to talk about it."

"Brand, do you know that if a player of your level goes to us to play in the Chinese Super League, he may soon become a star."

"Is it so powerful? Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"I thought you could gain a foothold in Europe at first, and if you go to the Chinese Super League, maybe it would be so tragic..."

Wu Sanshi rolled his eyes in his heart, Big brother, this is all fate, maybe you will be useless if you go to the Chinese Super League...

"What's the meaning?"

"Can't it..."
Chapter completed!