The first season of the Chinese Super League was very low key, with no expected big signings, as Shanghai Shenhua won't have much of a budget for the new season because of the previous repayment of salary arrears. This time, the team's strategy is that players who can be cleaned will never stay, only some veterans and contracts, so they have to stay, like Yang Xu and Zeng Cheng. Shanghai Shenhua has started training and 8 players have left the team to be the first batch of long term clean players.
Zhao Mingjian, Li Yunqiu, Xu Yougang, Zhu Baojie, Cong Zhen, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Lu and Qin Sheng did not renew their contracts. Compared to last season, Shanghai Shenhua had 10 players leave the team. This had little impact on Shanghai Shenhua, mainly because Shenhua took the initiative to purge. Among them, Xu Yougang and Cong Zhen are middle-generation players, but in the same position, Wu Jingui trusts younger players. The first step in rebuilding the team is to "slim down" the first team.
The departure of the "evil" Qin Sheng was expected, as he returned to Shenhua for the 2019 season with few appearances and a lot of controversy over his behavior on the sidelines. He didn't play many matches and received a lot of yellow cards, affecting the image and reputation of Shanghai Shenhua. Based on his age and form, Qin Sheng should retire. This time, general manager Zhou Jun had no way to take his picture. Shenhua has a lot of young players and doesn't need a veteran like Qin Sheng, which will affect a lot of players.
Another veteran, Zhang Lu, is also retiring and other players are still looking for their next home. In the new season, Shenhua's focus is on developing players. Other veterans will not renew their contracts when they expire in the future. Shenhua's first foreign aid for the 2023 season has been finalized. Bassogo returned to training last season, and after a long return, the foreigner will not be a big player. Last season, Basogo still insisted on arrears of wages and participated in the World Cup. In the current Chinese Super League, his level is in the middle and upper reaches.
In Shenhua training, the coaching staff appeared many new faces, is the new assistant of Shenhua. The new investors trust Wu Jingui to build a more complete and stronger coaching staff for him. On the management side, general manager Zhou Jun will be swept away, and in time, he will be re-selected for a new general manager. Shenhua Zhou Jun era has passed during his tenure. The outside world has mixed reviews about him. Shanghai Shenhua's future development direction will be very different. Youth is the goal. With a few more foreigners, relegation is not a big problem in the new season.
The team has begun to sign, mainly the introduction of foreign aid is very critical, in the past few seasons, Shenhua chose a lot of water foreign aid. Center forward, front and center back is the target position of Shenhua signing, local forward Yang Xu, Zhu Jianrong relegated enough, it is difficult to achieve top results. Offensive end Shenhua also has no organizer, last season Cao Yunding had played this position, Shenhua new season can set the top six, the FA Cup champion, which is a more realistic goal, not ambitious, after all, the long-term financial strength is very strong.
