The dissolution of the Chongqing team was like a heavy bomb that detonated the transfer market in the soccer world. With a large number of players out of work, the CFA opened a special transfer window to allow third-tier teams to take on Chongqing players, with a cap of three per team. on May 27th, the transfer window opened quietly in the late afternoon, and the Henan Songshan Longmen club, like an arrow out of a string, announced in the evening that they had brought in two players: former international goalkeeper Shi Xiaotian and a Henan starlet named Liu Yixin. These two deals are undoubtedly cost-effective choices.
The 32-year-old Shi Xiaotian, a veteran of the Chinese Super League, has experience playing for Guangzhou City, Liaoning, Changchun Yatai and many other teams, with a career record of 132 appearances. In January 2017, he was selected for the national football team coached by Lippi, and accompanied the team to play in the Cup of China in Nanning, and in the third-place game against Croatia, he was able to save the day by pouncing on a key penalty kick to help his team win the third place.
Shi Xiaotian performed well in the past two seasons at Changchun Yatai, but the club did not renew his contract when it expired. He wanted to join Shanghai Shenhua, but was eventually transferred to Chongqing after Shenhua was restricted by FIFA from registering new players due to a dispute between Shenhua and foreign players. However, the sudden dissolution of the Chongqing team put Shi Xiaotian back into a professional limbo.
Henan's main goalkeeper Wu Nano left the team to join Shaanxi this season, leaving Henan slightly weak in the goalkeeper position. Henan's quick signing of Shi Xiaotian has undoubtedly injected a shot in the arm for the team in the goalkeeper position.
Liu Yixin, 21, a Henan native, stands at 1 meter 83 and plays as a left defender. He comes from the Evergrande Football School youth training, had three years of training in Spain, in 2019 from the Guangzhou team transferred to Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic. This time Liu Yixin returned to his hometown, not only for the hometown team to enhance the reserve force, but also to realize the personal career development.
