Shanghai Shenhua, who is preparing for the closed season at the Cambridge base, is about to usher in a very difficult season. On April 25th, Beijing time, the Chinese Football Federation announced the league policy for the new season. The number of places for promotion and relegation in the Chinese Super League has been increased to three, and two have been implemented. The season’s Super League play-offs were canceled, and the pressure on the league’s relegation increased significantly. At the same time, due to disciplinary punishment by FIFA, Shenhua has been banned from registering new players worldwide, which means that the team can only play a full season with its existing players and want to introduce new players to supplement its strength. The road has been completely blocked. Under the two-way crisis raid, Shenhua’s relegation pressure increased sharply.
There is little hope for internal aid to complete the registration
The Shenhua team’s closed training at the Cambridge base has entered its sixth week. Li Songyi and Shi Xiaotian are still training with Shenhua. Although the transfer procedures have been completed, because the registration with the Chinese Football Association has not been completed, the two cannot be said to be Shenhua players for the time being. With the announcement of FIFA’s transfer ban, the hope that the two want to represent Shenhua this season is very slim. The embarrassing thing is that, affected by the epidemic prevention and control, even if the two of them want to leave Shanghai and switch to other teams, it is almost an impossible task. On April 29, the Chinese Super League transfer window will officially close. There was not much time left for the two to make a new choice.
As the most powerful players in the domestic league, Li Songyi and Shi Xiaotian are not lacking in the domestic transfer market. Li Songyi helped Tianjin Jinmen Tigers avoid relegation last season Instead of renewing the contract, but considering the long-term development prospects, Li Songyi finally chose Shanghai Shenhua. The situation of Shi Xiaotian is similar. Wuhan Three Towns once intended to win the main goalkeeper of Changchun Yatai, but Shi Xiaotian personally prefers to come to Shanghai for development.
In the end, Li Songyi and Shi Xiaotian both joined the Shenhua team as free agents. Shenhua Club also completed the transfer procedures for the players as soon as possible, but the registration of new players was delayed due to the impact of the epidemic. According to regulations, when a club registers a new player, it must bring the original identity certificate of the relevant player to the local football association to go through the relevant procedures. However, since late March, the Shanghai Football Association has entered a state of static management, and the registration procedures can only be put on hold indefinitely. During this period, FIFA officially announced the global transfer ban.
Although Shenhua is still making the final efforts, according to insiders, the hope of the two joining Shenhua this season is very slim, unless the Chinese Football Association can testify, it is the Football Association’s work that made mistakes that led to the delay in registration. But from the perspective of the Chinese Football Association, it is unlikely to take the blame.
From the perspective of personnel replenishment, even if Zhu Chenjie is absent, Shenhua still has Bi Jinhao, Feng Xiaoting, Eddie and other options in the central defender position. The pressure is not too great, but if Shi Xiaotian cannot join, Shenhua will be in the goalkeeper position. will face greater pressure. In addition to the main goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, there is only one backup goalkeeper Ma Zhen in the team, who is obviously short of manpower to deal with the long league.
Bassogo is expected to return to the rescue in the near future
Shenhua’s 2019 season was also deeply in the relegation zone due to a poor start. However, during the second transfer, the team introduced strong aid Jin Xinyu, which cleared the haze and reversed the trend in one fell swoop. Not only did they successfully complete the relegation task, but they once again dominated the FA Cup final. With the fall of FIFA’s transfer ban, Shenhua’s way of strengthening its own strength through signings has been completely blocked.
After the end of the first stage of the league last season, the old captain Moreno has returned to play in Colombia. His contract with Shenhua ended at the end of last year. Under the current situation, it is impossible for him to return to Shenhua. Several other foreign players Jonic has returned to Osaka Sakura, and Adrian has also terminated his contract with Shenhua and is expected to join Henan Jianye. Basogo and Doumbia were stranded abroad and have not been able to return.
Because of this, Shenhua head coach Wu Jingui also said in an interview that it is not ruled out that the All-China class will play in the league this season. This is likely to be the most difficult season for Shenhua. If the All-Chinese class plays, The first thing to consider is the relegation task.
However, it has been reported recently that Cameroonian foreign aid Basogo is about to return to Shanghai to join the team. If all goes well, he is likely to be the only foreign aid for Shenhua this season. Basogo had a formal work contract with Shenhua, so his return was not within the scope of FIFA’s penalty. Bassogo was born in 1995 and is only 27 years old this year. He is in the golden age of professional players. If he can return to the team as soon as possible, at least Shenhua should add an important tactical fulcrum to the front line. (Sohu Sports Pei Li)Return to Sohu, see more
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