With the confirmation of the opening of the 2023 Chinese Super League, many teams, including Beijing Guoan, have been reorganized. The Guoan team recently arrived in Hainan to officially begin preparations for the new league season.
This season, Guoan's first-team squad will undergo a big change. Currently, eight players, including Yu Yang, Hou Yongyong and Memishevich, have officially left the team. In addition, Zhang Yuning, the team's top scorer last season, has traveled to Europe to recover after shoulder surgery.
More young Guoan players will join the first team in the new season after a group of veterans left the team. Four players who were loaned out to other teams last season recently returned to the squad and traveled to Hainan with Guoan. They are three U23 players, Li Boshi, Jiang Wenhao and Leng Jixuan, as well as 27-year-old international defender Yang Fan.
In addition, naturalized player Li Ke recently flew to Hainan from England to train with the Guoan team. However, his status is now different from the past as his contract with Guoan expired at the end of last year, so now Li Ke is technically no longer a player of Guoan.
Back at Guoan, Li is a trialist player. If he does not perform well, the club will definitely not renew his contract. In terms of Guoan's actual situation, the team lacks a midfielder with outstanding defensive ability.
At 34 years old, Ji Zhongguo is no longer fit to play as the main back, while Gao Tianyi is strong in offense and weak in defense. Memishevich has moved on and left the team, and veteran Zhang Chengdong can also play as a guest back, but for now his role at Guoan is still Wang Gang's replacement.
As such, the 30-year-old Li Ke remains an ideal choice for Guoan to strengthen their midfield. After all, he is a high-caliber player made by Premier League powerhouse Arsenal and a regular in the national team before injuries. Whether or not he stays in the team for the new season depends on his form and physical recovery from the trial.
In terms of foreigners, Memisevic has moved to West Asia, and Dabbro's inability to meet the demands of the music department at all will certainly see him cleaned up for next season. Although Adebenelo and Kang Xiangyu's performance last season was not particularly noteworthy, it was enough for Guoan. As a result, the Guoan music department will also be bringing in 2-3 new foreigners for the new season, and the signings will be aimed mainly at strikers, wingers and front men.
This season, the national team will start a complete rebuild, and more young players from the ladder will be added to the first team. Due to the limited number of registered places in the first team, these players have to show good form by training hard to win the trust of coach Stanley. If they can't be called up to Guoan's first team, most of them will have to play in the U21 league next season.
Judging from the recent training of Guoan team, the new season will see the team working with a new look. After the blood change, the team's performance in the league will definitely be affected to some extent. To achieve good results, it will mainly depend on whether the foreigners that General Manager Li Ming is looking for for the Guoan team are strong enough. The ability of the three new foreigners will largely determine the ceiling of the team's performance
