Recently, the Japanese media soccer-king selected the best 11-man squad of Asian players in the Premier League, and Chinese football star Sun Jihai was successfully selected, becoming the only Chinese player in the list, along with Asian legends such as Son Xingyu and Maya Yoshida. The current Chinese national football coach Li Tie, Zheng Zhi and other Chinese stars who have played in the Premier League are unfortunately not elected.
As one of the top leagues in Europe, the Premier League has always been the highest temple that many Asian players aspire to. In the past, the national football team has also sent a number of players such as Sun Jihai, Li Tie, Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng to the Premier League. Among them, Sun Jihai achieved the highest achievements when he played for Manchester City. At present, Sun Jihai still holds the record for Chinese players to play and score in the Premier League, and no one should be able to break his record in a short period of time.
In the soccer-king's best squad selection, Sun Jihai was selected along with Kenyo Fuan, Maya Yoshida and Lee Young-woo as the four most successful defenders of Asian players when they played in the Premier League. For Sun Jihai, this is also deserved.
In midfield, the players selected by the media are Junichi Inamoto, Ki Sung-yong and Park Ji-sung. Li Tie and Zheng Zhi, the former "flag bearers" of Chinese football, were not selected. Of course, this is not because Li Tie and Zheng Zhi are not strong enough, but because the three players selected are too strong, in fact, even Iran's generation of superstars, Bagheri, who played for Charlton, did not enter the list.
On the front line, the three players are Son Heung-min, Shinji Okazaki and Shinji Kagawa. These three players, whether famous or accomplished in the Premier League, need not be repeated. In the goalkeeper position, Omani international Hambsi pushed Etheridge to be elected.
It is worth mentioning that soccer-king did not count Australian players as Asian players when judging, because although Australia has joined the AFC, it is not geographically Asian, which also leads to many Australian players who have shined in the Premier League not appearing in this list.