Entering the second phase of the Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan finally had a big breakthrough. Under the leadership of Cui Kangxi, they have won three and drawn one in the past four rounds of the league, and have risen to fourth place in the league standings, with only nine points separating them from leaders Shanghai Port.
Nonetheless, Taishan, who will be playing a three-front war next, needs to strengthen again. Due to the club's lack of funds, Taishan will only bring in new foreigners in the summer window, and the problem of internal reinforcements can only be solved through internal excavation.
In this case, Taishan FC recently replenished six ladder players into the first team, namely Liu Guobao, Jia Feifan, Chen Zeshi, Mustapa, Abdul Meat Suli and Yang Ruiqi.
These six players have previously played in the U21 League with the Taishan youth team, where they performed well, so they are recognized by Choi Kang-hee. Especially Liu Guobao, who has scored 13 goals so far and is ranked first in the U21 league's top scorer list. If Liu Guobao can adapt to the rhythm of the Chinese Super League after entering the Taishan first team, I believe he will be reused by Cui Kangxi.
Taishan have added six players to their squad in the summer window, which has meant that some of the first-team players have had to give up their CPL registration quotas. Currently, two players have decided to leave the Taishan squad, Qi Tianyu and Duan Liuyu.
This season, the 30-year-old Zitenyi has gone through three coaching changes but has never had a minute on the field. On the one hand, this was because he wasn't in good enough shape. On the other hand, it's also because he didn't try his best in training. This kind of performance surely can't get into the eyes of South Korea's iron manager Choi Kang-hee. It is reported that Qi Tianyu has decided to leave the team in the summer window of the Chinese Super League, and he will join Taishan's sister team Qingdao Hainiu in the form of a loan.
Compared to Qi Tianyu, Duan Liuyu's situation is regrettable for fans. Since Li Xiaopeng left the team, the talented 24-year-old has not been able to play as a starter for Taishan. This season, Duan Liuyu only played two matches in the Chinese Super League. Due to the lack of confrontation and defensive ability, Duan was quickly discarded by the Korean coach after Choi Kang-hee took over.
Previously, there were rumors that Duan Liuyu would be loaned to Qingdao Hainiu by Taishan. However, according to the latest news, the team Duan Liuyu will join in the summer window is not Hainiu, but Wuhan Sanzhen. Some time ago, Sanzhen's Luo Senwen suffered a serious injury, the club needs to strengthen the midfield, so it decided to loan Duan Liuyu from Taishan.
Joining Wuhan Sanzhen is a good thing for Duan Liuyu. I hope he can seize this opportunity and win Coach Gao's appreciation with his outstanding performance. The Japanese coach pays more attention to the player's skills and awareness, which is Duan Liuyu's advantage. Therefore, as long as Duan Liuyu can quickly integrate into Sanzhen's tactical system, I believe he is fully capable of entering Sanzhen's starting lineup.
The last one who may leave the team in the summer window is Wu Xinghan, who has been completely abandoned this season because of the "Junior incident". Although he has been registered for the Chinese Super League (CSL), he hasn't played a single minute of CSL action so far. Currently, there is no news about Wu Xinghan's transfer. If he continues to stay in Taishan, I'm afraid he'll say goodbye to this season's Chinese Super League ahead of time
