According to Oriental Sports Daily, Shanghai Jiuzhi Group has settled all the outstanding wages of the players after officially taking over Shenhua. 13 Shenhua players have participated in all levels of preparation training of the Chinese national team and will miss the winter training of Shenhua. At the same time, Shenhua will also adjust the team lineup. In addition to Qian Jie, a mixed-blood midfielder who joined Zhejiang, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Lu, Zhao Mingjian, Li Yunqiu, Zhu Baojie, and Qin Sheng are not on the list to return to the team, and will likely leave the team for the new season. Former international goalkeeper Zeng Cheng will remain with Shenhua next season.
It is understood that Zeng Cheng is still communicating with the Shenhua club about the compensation plan for the outstanding wages. The two sides failed to reach an agreement on the discount compensation plan. Zeng Cheng has a contract with Shenhua. He received a return notice from Shenhua to follow the team to start the preparation for the new season. If the issue of salary arrears can be resolved, Zeng Cheng is likely to stay at Shanghai Shenhua. Some time ago, domestic media broke the news that Taishan's main goalkeeper Wang Dalei is likely to return to Shanghai Shenhua in the new season. If Zeng Cheng stays in Shanghai Shenhua, Zeng Cheng and Wang Dalei will compete fiercely for the position of Shenhua's starting goalkeeper in the new season. In terms of foreigners, Bassogo, who represented Cameroon in the Qatar World Cup, is on vacation in France. His contract with Shanghai Shenhua has not yet ended. After the vacation, Basogo will officially return to Shenhua's training base for training.
Basogo could also welcome a new partner for the new season. According to Tycsports Argentina, A-League club Tigre has received a loan offer from Shanghai Shenhua for Argentine striker Retguy, 24, who stands at 188 centimeters tall. Last season, he played 27 matches for Tigre in Argentina's Primera Division, contributing 19 goals and 6 assists. He is a very prolific scorer. Retguy inherited the dashing style of the South American player and is a striker with both speed and skill. In order to get the young Argentinean scorer, Shenhua is willing to pay a loan fee of 1.5 million euros to bring him to the Chinese Super League for one season. Apart from Basogo, Shenhua's only direction is veterans Yang Xu and Yu who are not enough support for Basogo considering their age and form. Therefore, Shanghai Shenhua hopes to sign the efficient A-League scorer to improve the team's offensive efficiency.
With the transfer market in the Chinese Super League yet to open, Shenhua's first priority is to address the issue of players with expiring contracts. If all goes well, Shenhua will soon sign Argentine striker Bassogo, and Retguyi will likely be the first new foreigner in the world for Shenhua in the offseason.
