Quang Hai is among the best strikers in Asia; Heerenveen offers to borrow Van Hau for another year
(Baonghean.vn) - Nguyen Quang Hai was selected as one of the best players in Asia; Doan Van Hau is very close to a new contract with Heerenveen, but is not far from returning to Vietnam if both sides cannot find a common voice... are the outstanding sports news.
Quang Hai is in the group of candidates for the best striker in Asia. |
The vote is divided into three different categories, including the greatest striker of all time, the best player currently playing and the most promising future star.
Quang Hai is in the group of future stars. His opponents are Chanathip Songkrasin (Thailand) and Safawi Rasid (Malaysia).
All 3 are Southeast Asian players, rated at continental level.
Interestingly, Quang Hai, Chanathip and Safawi are also the home team's hopes in the 2022 World Cup/2023 Asian Cup qualifying race.
Quang Hai is making steady progress. The star of the Vietnam national team and Hanoi FC has received offers from Japan as well as Spain.
The best players in Asia selected by FOX Sports Asia. |
The three candidates for the best player currently playing are Son Heung Min (Korea), Khairul Amri (Singapore) and Stephan Schrock (Philippines).Ali Daei (Iran), Hidetoshi Nakata and Bambang Pamungkas are ranked among the best of all time by FOX Sports Asia.Among them, Ali Daei currently holds the record for the most international goalscorer of all time, with 109 goals for Iran.
The future of Doan Van Hau
Van Hau's contract with Heerenveen will end at the end of June. The future of the 21-year-old defender has received great attention recently. The capital team has repeatedly affirmed its full support for the contract extension. Meanwhile, Van Hau himself also expressed: "My wish is to continue staying at Heerenveen to compete for a position. Playing football in Europe is a dream, and I do not want to return to Vietnam yet."
Hanoi FC's goodwill has been recognized by Heerenveen. Recent information shows that the Dutch team will likely extend Van Hau's loan contract for another season. Coach Jansen's latest comments about the Vietnamese player's contract further prove that.
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Doan Van Hau in the Dutch club shirt. |
“We underestimated the difficulties of Van Hau’s transition from Vietnam to Europe. We should have tried to recruit Van Hau during the pre-season. In fact, when he arrived here, the season had already started. Even talented young players need about half a year to get used to it. We should have had him in June. He needed more preparation time,” said coach Jansen.
The chance for Van Hau to stay in the Netherlands is getting brighter as next season, Heerenveen will almost lose its entire defense. In particular, their two main defenders, Sven Botman and Ricardo van Rhijn, have confirmed their departure from the club, while Ibrahim Dresevic is being pursued by many big teams.According to the investigation, SC Heereneen has sent a letter to Hanoi FC, requesting that both sides have a meeting in the near future. Depending on the result of this meeting (possibly via the internet), both sides will decide on Doan Van Hau's future.
Surpassing Ibrahimovic, Drogba becomes the best striker in Ligue 1
Former striker Didier Drogba has beaten Zlatan Ibrahimovic to win the title of best Ligue 1 striker of the past 20 years in a vote conducted on social networking platform Twitter.Specifically, the official Twitter account of the French National Championship (Ligue 1) recently held a vote to find the best striker in the tournament since the beginning of the 21st century. Former player Drogba won the award when he received 51% of the 40,094 votes.
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Surpassing Ibrahimovic, Drogba becomes the best striker in Ligue 1. |
Drogba played in Ligue 1 for three seasons, playing for Guingamp from 2001 to 2003, then spent the 2003/04 season with Marseille.The 42-year-old was delighted to receive the honour and tweeted: "'Wow, that's what the fans recognise, thank you @EAGuingamp @OM_Officiel for letting me experience these great emotions. I have great respect for all the strikers who have played in the French championship."
Drogba scored 39 goals in 80 Ligue 1 appearances, but it was in his move to the Premier League with Chelsea that he enjoyed his greatest success.To be able to win the title of best player in Ligue 1 in the past 20 years, Drogba has surpassed his junior Ibzahimovic. This is quite surprising, because if comparing achievements, the Swedish striker is superior. Zlatan played for PSG from 2012 to 2016, scoring 113 goals in 122 appearances in Ligue 1, helping the team at the Parc des Princes win 4 championships./.