Wuhan Three Town, the defending Chinese Super League champions, have had a disappointing season. Although a number of local powerhouses such as Wei Shihao, Yan Dinghao and Wang Yi were brought in at the start of the season, Three Town have performed far worse in the league than they did last season, let alone defending their title, and are not even close to the brink of the AFC Champions League.
As a result, the San Zhen club has once again brought in a number of strong reinforcements in the Chinese Super League's summer transfer window, with the return of Brazilian striker Malcolm and the transfer of South Korean defender Park Ji-soo from Portuguese super team Portimão Man. As Three Town have run out of foreign aid slots for this season, the club has had to withdraw one foreign aid, Brazilian striker Edmilson.
Edmilson, 29, joined Wuhan Sanzhen in the 2021 season, which was still in China's first division at the time. This season, Edmilson was an absolute starter for Three Town. In 24 matches in the China First Division, he scored 11 goals and dished out 5 assists for the team. He made a great contribution to Sanzhen's winning the China First Division title and successful promotion to the Chinese Super League.
Last season, Edmilson remained the most indispensable piece in Coach Pedro's hands. The striker combination of him and Malcolm made it difficult for the defenders of all the Chinese Super League teams to cope with. This season, Malcolm scored 27 goals and became the top scorer of the Chinese Super League, and Edmilson also scored 11 goals. In addition, he also contributed 4 assists to help Sanzen win the Chinese Super League title once again.
Edmilson remained firmly in the starting striker's position for Sanjin in the first half of the season. But with Pedro's dismissal and Japanese coach Gao Mian taking over at San Zhen, Edmilson soon lost his starting position in the team. Obviously, Edmilson is not Gao Mian's cup of tea.
As a result, after bringing in Malcolm and Park Ji-soo, the San Zhen club quickly withdrew Edmilson's Chinese Super League registration slot. In response, many fans believed that Edmilson would focus on the AFC Champions League on behalf of Samzhen, as the AFC Champions League foreign aid quota is 5+1 and Park Ji-soo can be used as an Asian foreign player.
However, unexpectedly, Edmilson recently left the team suddenly and posted pictures of him and his girlfriend in England on social media. According to the news released by a famous sports news website, Edmilson has left China and this time he went to England to find a new home.
Although the news of Edmilson's departure from the team has not been officially confirmed by Wuhan Sanzhen club, the team has lost his position considering Sanzhen already has two foreign centers, Malcolm and Aziz. It is completely understandable that Edmilson chose to leave Wuhan Sanzhen for other teams.
Furthermore, Edmilson has just over four months left on his contract with Wuhan Sanzhen, but the club has yet to renew his contract, so they should decide to drop the Brazilian striker.
Some Wuhan fans are confused about this. They think Edmilson's form is not much worse than Aziz's and they have been loyal to the team. Gao Mian's decision to give up Edmilson is totally wrong. Judging from Gao Mian's performance in leading the team this season, there is also a big doubt whether he can continue to coach Wuhan Sanzhen next season...
