The Harbour's road to reinforcement
Paulinho finally showed his worth in the last matchup before the break. Against Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, he and Oscar put on a great show in the penalty area, and then stabbed the ball into the net. The goal highlighted Paulinho's exceptional skill set, and if I hadn't checked the stats, I'm afraid I wouldn't believe that it was only his first goal after a year and a half in our country. After breaking through the fog, Paulinho confessed in an interview that he was hungry for more: goals? Assists? All of them, but the most eager is still the title!
At the end of last month, the Harbour Team suffered two key matches in a row, namely the battle against Beijing Guoan on the 28th and Shanghai Shenhua on the 31st. After the restart of the league, the overall situation of the Harbour team is mediocre, especially in the attacking end, after the return of Arnautovic, the team has been lacking in the ability to go forward to the depth, unable to continue to impact the opponent's penalty area, the sharp decline in the number of goals is a clear evidence. Against this backdrop, reinforcements have become the most direct and effective way to change the status quo.
Who to bring in? This became a dilemma. Affected by the epidemic, attracting reinforcements from the European transfer market while the league is in progress requires taking great risks. First of all, the cost of time, leaving aside the negotiation process, the player arrives in our country, but also need to go through a long quarantine period, if the whole August can not play for the team, then such a reinforcement is actually not very meaningful. Therefore, almost from the beginning, the Harbour Club intends to focus its attention on a number of existing foreigners within the Chinese Super League.
The River Plate players, who are suffering from financial difficulties, are indeed an option. However, those clubs that are still in a relatively normal financial situation are actually facing their own problems, such as Seaport. With the introduction of a clear policy by the CFA on various salary caps, Seaport has strictly adhered to the rules by keeping a tight rein on the spending of foreign aiders and foreign coaches. At the beginning of the season, the team sent away the original captain Hulk, skipper Leko's annual salary is only 2 million euros, foreign center back Maistorovic's annual salary is not more than 2 million euros before tax. Of course, taking into account the other inputs of the first team, including players' salaries, the Harbor Team has made relevant standards for the price (annual salary) of new recruits.
It is for this reason that the harbor in the attraction process, although there is no lack of alternative targets, but really can "sit down" to talk about, and very limited. Malcolm may be a typical example, but in terms of salary budget, some Chinese Super League clubs, including Seaport, could not even give the price offered by individual Chinese First Division clubs, and the senior center forward finally chose to join Wuhan Sanzhen.
