V.League 2023: Cluster stars, odd stars

But what most people are interested in is that the movements of forces in new teams according to the principle of "water flows to low places" are no longer as simple and easy to grasp as before.

On the contrary, the current "low spots" sometimes become "dry spots", so it is strange that strong teams sometimes still lose their star players, so that some places become "single stars", and some places become "constellated stars" as someone jokingly said.

For some reason, the long-time top V-League team, Hanoi FC, allowed Van Hau, a player who was recently named in the AFF Cup 2022's best squad and who often causes nightmares for players and football fans in Indonesia, to transfer to the newly promoted team, Hanoi Police.

The previous story of Dinh Trong being sensitive to injuries or Quang Hai going abroad to improve his skills is completely understandable. But when it comes to Van Hau, it is not easy to fully explain the reasons and causes at this time?

The team that finished 3rd in V.League 2022 is Binh Dinh thanks to its huge squad, but in the new season, they cried out because of unpaid salaries and bonuses and immediately had to "lose" stars Tan Tai and Thanh Hao even though they had signed long-term contracts with their hometown team.

But anyway, the martial arts team still has top stars like Van Lam, Xuan Tu, Van Thuan... so the hope of achieving a high ranking in the new season is still well-founded and will still be a difficult team for anyone to "eat".

But the most "disintegrated" is Hoang Anh Gia Lai when a series of players whose contracts have expired have taken turns finding new destinations abroad such as Cong Phuong, Van Toan, domestically such as Van Thanh, Hong Duy, Xuan Truong... making Kiatisuk's team currently just a team of "average" stars such as Ngoc Quang, Minh Vuong, Huu Tuan... and many young factors have just been called up.

A team full of stars, often called up to the national team and U23 but unable to achieve a possible achievement in V.League and now gradually losing confidence before even playing is really something worth mentioning and regrettable?

Another case that seemed to continue to be associated with the hometown team for a long time as a locomotive was Van Duc who unexpectedly left Song Lam Nghe An to get on the "boat" with Van Hau leaving Hanoi FC to join a series of stars to "gather" in the new starry sky of Hanoi Police.

In fact, the story of top stars playing for a potential and ambitious team is not new and has always happened everywhere. Hanoi Police used to be a proud name in the football of the Police and the Capital, and now that they have returned after a long period of difficulty, it is a happy thing for many fans.

Hopefully, the return of this new but not new team will truly create a quality change for Vietnamese football. Hopefully, a series of stars will come together to shine, creating a higher level of brightness in this all-star team that is not easy to "control"? Although people consider Hanoi FC to be the number 1 candidate for the throne, with the potential and ambition of Hanoi Police, the coming time will not only recreate the fiery capital derby matches but also be a pillar to truly elevate Vietnamese football in the long term if everything is truly professional and effective.

Of course, we should not ignore the recent noisy and heavy participation of Nam Dinh Green Steel when big and small stars are gathering in Thanh Nam to together find the old glory of Ha Nam Ninh football. It is true that there are no top stars, but Nguyen Manh, Hong Duy, Van Khanh, Hoang Thinh, Khac Ngoc... are strong enough to "compete" with other stars in the long run of the new season.

Will a tripod of Hanoi FC - Hanoi Police - Nam Dinh Blue Steel be formed to "dominate" V.League football in the future? Or will there be uncompromising competition from Binh Dinh, Thanh Hoa, Binh Duong, and even from the coastal city team Khanh Hoa, which has just returned?

In the football sky, the new season 2023 is where the "constellation of stars" shine brightly, or just a "single star" shines, of course, depending on many other objective and subjective conditions. Hopefully no star will disappoint us and also hope that there will be more new stars rising, although it is always extremely difficult...