Chapter 1158 Refused to be inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame?
On Monday morning, the FA announced the candidates for the 2015 English Hall of Fame, and Dong Fangzhuo's name was listed.
The English Football Hall of Fame is located in the British Football Museum. The museum moved from Preston to Manchester in 2012 to commend the achievements of English football players or football players who have played in England.
The Hall of Fame will be added every year. Inductees must be at least 30 years old and play or coach in England for at least 5 years. Football heroes in the Hall of Fame will always be displayed in the Football Museum.
Dong Fangzhuo is over 30 years old, so he is of course qualified to enter the selection. To be honest, this age is still too young, but his special identity has allowed him to accelerate his entry into the ranking.
Coincidentally, the FA's moves were a bit big this time, because it was not only Dong Fangzhuo who was inducted into the Hall of Fame, but also Sun Jihai.
There are only four candidates for the Hall of Fame this time, with Dong Fangzhuo and Sun Jihai occupying two places, while the other two are former Manchester United players Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, three Manchester United players and one Manchester City player.
When Dong Fangzhuo received the club call, all England in the world knew about it. He scored as fourth in the Premier League. What could be wrong with being selected? It is that Sun Jihai's selection caused too much controversy.
Many media expressed dissatisfaction with Sun Jihai's selection, and they believed that this was a wrong decision.
British media Sun published an article questioning that they claimed that Sun Jihai's shortlist was a mistake. "It's obvious that this is a mistake. An unknown Chinese player was awarded top honors, alongside Borgkamp, Cantona and others."
The Sun's wording was merciless and directly criticized Sun Jihai for not being inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. They believed that this was a gift given to the Chinese by the British and an accompanying item under the halo of Dong Fangzhuo.
The Sun believes that Sun Jihai's strength on the court is not enough to receive this honor. However, their accusations may not be very tenable. You should know that being inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame is not only about the strength on the court, but also about the players' contributions to football. Jihai's achievements are beyond doubt.
The main reason why Sun Jihai was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame is his identity as a "football ambassador" and his contribution to promoting the development of football. As a Manchester City legendary player, Sun Jihai has been announced by Manchester City Club as Manchester City's image ambassador in China. He will assist Manchester City in strengthening cooperation with Chinese companies and help Manchester City club promote its Chinese market. Sun Jihai has become a bridge to communicate football between China and the UK. Judging from this contribution, Jihai is fully qualified to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
It was originally a very happy thing, but because they questioned Sun Jihai, Dong Fangzhuo became unhappy. After reading all the news in the morning, the media almost said one-sidedly that Sun Jihai was not qualified to be selected.
Dong Fangzhuo had to stand up and speak for Sun Jihai. He invited reporters from Manchester Evening News and Manchester United TV to hold a small press conference.
"In the eyes of some media, Sun Jihai is not enough to be inducted into the Hall of Fame? This is simply a joke."
"Do you know Sun Jihai's influence in our country?"
"In 1998, Sun Jihai and Fan Zhiyi came to the Crystal Palace team in the English League One at that time. At that time, most Chinese fans knew that there was a team called Crystal Palace. Although Crystal Palace was nothing, and at that time, it was the 1998 French World Cup, when Manchester United and David Beckham were truly known to Chinese fans, and then Arsenal. Later, Sun Jihai joined Manchester City, which completely brought the Chinese fans' perception of the Premier League. Without Sun Jihai and Fan Zhiyi's promotion and contribution to British football, Chinese fans would not be so obsessed with the Premier League."
"Same, then I came to England in 2004. He was the football pioneer and the leader. Without him, there would be no me."
"The media that questioned Sun Jihai's induction into the Hall of Fame are all brain-dead media. This makes me feel quite angry."
"Do you know how much broadcasting fees our country contributes to your league every year? 100 million pounds. Just because Sun Jihai, I, Zhu Ting and others play football here. What does 100 million pounds mean? Half the broadcasting fees. Will such contributions be despised by you?"
"In this way, I really have no interest in being inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame, so if the relevant media do not apologize sincerely, I firmly refuse to be inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame."
Originally, everyone thought he was going to say something at the press conference. Who knew he was with the English media? In fact, Dong Fangzhuo had not fought with the English media for many years. This time he was really angry.
"Wardfack?"
"Rejected to be selected?" When Sky TV's Leinker almost fell to the ground when he received the news.
"That damn media, it's fun. The greatest player in Premier League history has refused to be inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame, which is definitely a huge joke to tell."
Although Dong Fangzhuo is not the greatest player in the Premier League, Ringer has always believed that Dong Fangzhuo will definitely become this person. In his opinion, Dong Fangzhuo is unique and one day he will break all the Premier League records and achieve supreme glory.
"These are fun, but we need to see how the media respond."
There are several media that question Sun Jihai, including The Sun, The Mirror and The Daily Mail. The first two newspapers are nothing, after all, they are tabloids, and The Daily Mail is quite small. Now they have also received a message from Dong Fangzhuo. Dong Fangzhuo asked them to apologize for their remarks.
"Are you crazy?" The editor-in-chief of the Sun was confused. Unexpectedly, the questioning attracted Dong Fangzhuo's dissatisfaction and refused to join the Hall of Fame?
"I just don't apologize. Why do I apologize? No doubts can be done? See who will suffer the most."
The editor-in-chief of the Mirror also found it ridiculous: "He thought he was the Queen of England? Even the Queen of England did not have the right to do so, why? Sun was not qualified to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, no matter how much he contributed to football promotion."
The same is true for the Daily Mail, and they don’t think they should apologize, “If you don’t like to join, don’t join. This is your personal hobby, but apologize? This is impossible.”
The media's attitude is also very strong.
The most anxious thing is of course the FA!
They don't want to see such a thing happen, and there has never been such a ridiculous thing in history.
Of course, Manchester United and Manchester City fans are also very anxious.
Some fans initiated a suggestion online: "Since these media are so awesome, we recommend that in the city of Manchester, we should not buy their newspapers and log in to their websites. We should reject all the advertising products on them, all the…"
this……
Things are getting big.
Even the FA Chairman came forward and Dyke stood up and angrily scolded the media.
“In our opinion, some media lack respect…”
Chapter completed!