When Li Lei arrives in Switzerland to join Grasshopper Club Zurich after the new year, he will meet new teammates. One of them is also from East Asia: Hayao Kawabe, the Japanese international who moved to Grasshopper de Zurich this summer from Sanfrecce Hiroshima, have scored 4 goals for the first half of the season. When Hao Junmin was in Schalke 10 years ago, the latter day China NT captain is a good friend of Atsuto Uchida.