After Jiuzhi Group officially entered the club, Shanghai Shenhua began to gradually get on the right track, and the club's wage arrears were basically solved, so it also recently passed the qualification examination for admission to the Chinese Super League of the Football Association (CSL).
Meanwhile, Shenhua's signings for the new season are also proceeding step by step. Currently, the two new foreign aiders, Malalele and Amadou, have arrived in Shanghai and started training with the team.
In addition, Chinese American player Yann Xinli also passed Shenhua's trial. The club is now in the process of naturalizing Yann Xinli. Due to the cumbersome process, it is feared that it cannot be fully processed within a short period of time. At the beginning of the league, Yann Xinli can only represent Shenhua as a foreigner in the Chinese Super League.
In terms of internal reinforcements, four local players have recently arrived at Shenhua for trials, namely Song Yue, Xu Tian Miao, Xu Hui and Bao Yaxiong. In the past few seasons, Shenhua has suffered a lot in terms of bringing in internal reinforcements. The club spent a lot of money to bring in a bunch of veterans, but few of them could play in the starting lineup. Players like Qin Sheng, Zhao Mingjian, Yang Xu and Feng Xiaoting have either left the team or are on the verge of doing so.
After a long period of taking over Shenhua, the club's signings have become much more rigorous than before. The new recruits can't be too old, and the requirements for the players' ability are also very high. According to the latest news, in addition to Bao Yaxiong, the ability of the four players mentioned in the signature was not recognized by the Shenhua coaching staff, and the possibility of staying in the team is very slim.
Shenhua's signings are not stopping just yet, as the club is still on the lookout for younger and stronger local recruits. Dai Weijun, a midfielder who was an active international player in Shenzhen last season, is one of Shenhua's key signing targets for the winter window.
As we all know, the Shenzhen team is one step away from disbanding, so Dai Weijun is basically free. Recently, the popular international player has been in scandal with many Chinese Super League clubs. In addition to Shenhua, there are new CSL champions Wuhan Sanzhen and veteran CSL powerhouse Beijing Guoan.
As things stand, Shenhua doesn't have much of an advantage over Dai Weijun in his "battle". Wuhan Sanzhen is currently one of the strongest teams in the Chinese Super League, and the club's financial strength is attractive enough for Dai Weijun.
Beijing Guoan was established in the first year of the A-League and the club has enough cultural heritage. In addition, many of the players in the team have quite a good relationship with Dai Weijun, so they are hopeful of signing him this season as long as they can offer an attractive enough contract.
Of course, Shenhua club is not short of money and money is not a problem. However, they still face some difficulties. According to reports, they still owe wages to foreigner Adrian, who used to play for the team in the 2021 season. If the latter sues FIFA, Shenhua's transfer ban will not be officially lifted.
We also hope that Shenhua can solve all the wage arrears problems in the club's history as soon as possible, otherwise the team's signing work will be greatly affected, and the team's performance in the new season will be difficult to guarantee...
