Evergrande Group announced in a grand conference that the future goal of its soccer club will be to cultivate national soccer talents. Although the highest salary in the team is only $600,000 per year, with the opening of the transfer window, the Evergrande team has a number of popular fried chicken has become the coveted target of other teams. The financially strong SIPG group will naturally not sit on the sidelines, and this time they have set their sights on two players, Zhang Linpeng and Wei Shihao.
Zhang Linpeng, a former player who made his debut in Shanghai's youth camp, began playing professionally for Shanghai Dongya at the age of 17 and quickly rose to fame as a teenager. He served as captain of our national Olympic team and captain of the men's soccer team, and joined Guangzhou in '10, where he plays today. In the team, Zhang Linpeng won 8 league titles and 2 AFC Champions League titles with the team, and with his stable defense, excellent jamming and positive attitude, he became the core strength of the backline of the national football team, and was regarded as the Ramos of China.
The main reason why SIPG is once again looking at Zhang Linpeng as a prey is because of Evergrande's salary restriction policy. 33 year old Zhang Linpeng, in terms of the defender's age, can still maintain his peak status for 1-2 years. The Evergrande side said it will focus on training young players, even if Zhang Linpeng is willing to significantly reduce the salary to stay in the team, I'm afraid the Evergrande side will not be retained. At this time, Shanghai Hong Kong, on the one hand, because they can provide top salary treatment, on the other hand is Zhang Linpeng originated from the Genbao training base, this return can be said to be a return to the roots.
Wei Shihao, a player who had played less than a year for Shanghai Hong Kong, failed to get enough playing time due to the suppression of power players such as Wu Lei and Hulk. After a brief stint at Shanghai, he moved to Guoan, where he played for less than a year before being traded to Evergrande. The Evergrande side is quite important to him, in the first year of joining, Wei Shihao starting opportunities increased, the number of goals is close to 20, and is highly used. And Wei Shihao has been settled in Guangzhou, according to the theory of the basic can be settled in Guangzhou. But in view of the status quo of Evergrande, from his playing in Shanghai Hong Kong, national security and then to Evergrande, only one year time is enough to see, high-minded and proud Wei Shihao I'm afraid that will not stay in the team. And Shanghai Hong Kong is currently in urgent need of talent on the front line, Wei Shihao as a domestic excellent striker, for Shanghai Hong Kong, is undoubtedly a big promotion.
Together with Jiang Guangtai, who has been contacted by SIPG before, SIPG is likely to sign 3 of Evergrande's main cores in one go in this transfer period. Together with Xu Xin and others recruited before, SIPG has a group of old Evergrande players. Expect SIPG to cherish the season of strength improvement and win the league title again.
