With the official appointment of Lee Jang-soo, the pace of Shenzhen's reinforcement has accelerated rapidly. on February 13th, the Korean media osen broke the news that the captain of K-League giants Gangwon FC, Lim Sung-sub, will be invited by Lee Jang-soo to switch to the Chinese Super League to join the Shenzhen team. At the same time, the famous Korean coach Lim Wan Seop, who coached at Incheon United, will also join the coaching team of Lee Jang-soo.
It has been reported that the transfer of Lim has been basically finalized, not only the club level has reached an agreement, the player's personal contract is also basically agreed, only a few details remain to be decided. Although Gangwon FC tried their best to retain the player, Lim was eager to take on a new challenge, and Lee Jang-soo's invitation was also a key to the transfer.
Last season, the Shenzhen team spared no expense to introduce Caldecott, Archie Mbeng, Jintero and Vaccaro and other foreign aid, but failed to show the super strength, especially in the defensive end, Shenzhen players miss a series of mistakes, and the gap with the title contending team gradually widened. It is worth mentioning that the Shenzhen football team is the title contenders in the second most goals conceded team.
The 31-year-old Lim Matsuri is 189 centimeters tall and plays as a center back. He became the captain of Gangwon FC before the start of last season and scored a crucial goal in the K-League promotion playoffs to help the team stay in the K-League. Lee Jang-soo is looking forward to handing over the defense core to Lim in the new season.
In addition, 50-year-old South Korean coach Lim Wan Seop will also join the coaching team of Shenzhen Football. Before that, Lim had coached Ansan Midorin in K2 League and Incheon United in K1 League, and his joining is due to the strong recommendation of Lee Jang-soo.
With the return of players such as Quintero, Mali and Bifuma, Shenzhen now still have five foreigners - Iranian center back Praliganji, Cameroonian back-rower Vakaso, Ghanaian winger Achimpeng, Brazilian center forward Caldecott and Cernus, who is returning from a loan spell with Hebei.
