National Football League World Qualifying Asia 40 final three matches from Gusu changed to Dubai, the CFA has also now indicated that due to the impact of the 40 strong match after returning to the country to enter the isolation policy, originally scheduled to resume in late June the first phase of the Chinese Super League this season will be postponed at all.
How long is the Chinese Super League going to be postponed? It's been reported that it will likely be a month, meaning the sixth round of the league won't start until late July.
For Shanghai Seaport, the impact of the participation of Austrian international winger Arnautovic in the European Championships in their squad is expected to be minimized.
Originally, if the second half of the first phase of the Chinese Super League (CSL) competitions started as scheduled in late June, Arnautovic, who is playing with his national team in the European Championships, would miss at least three rounds of the CSL, and would also likely not be able to make it in time for the Harbor team's two heavyweight matches against Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua once the Austrians smooth out of the group.
And according to the current development of the situation, it is likely that Arnautovic, who reported back to the salon in early July, will miss at most one round of the Chinese Super League after the end of the rule of isolation. Moreover, Arnautovic has enough time to adjust his physical condition to cope with the two most crucial competitions in the first phase of the league - the Beijing-Shanghai battle and the derby.
The impact of missing out on the Chinese Super League is drastically reduced, and it is becoming less and less likely that Arnautovic will leave the Harbour in this summer's transfer window.
Although the Italian media rumors that Serie A Bologna salon wildly pursued the Austrian center forward, the two sides came very close. But Arnautovic's agent, also his brother Daniel in the past two days in an interview with the Austrian media, has now denied the rumors that they and Bologna reached an agreement.
Arnautovic's contract with Shanghai Seaport expires at the end of next year, thus the salon side still has the final say on the player's stay.
With Arnautovic able to participate in most of the Chinese Super League competitions, keeping the team's starting center forward is the best option for both head coach Leko and Shanghai Harbour Saloon.
