Recently, Shandong Taishan team and the core midfielder Fellaini reached an agreement on the release of the contract, meaning that Fellaini will officially bid farewell to Shandong Taishan at the end of the season. Fellaini has become an investor of the second division team, Falampobius, last month. Prior to that, he had helped the Belgian team Standard Liege through the economic difficulties with 3 million euros. However, the money has not yet been returned to Fellaini, and there has been speculation that he may join Standard Liege after leaving the Chinese Super League. After his retirement, Fellaini plans to become a soccer agent and focus on running his club, Franchise de France.
As the Chinese Super League enters the end, Shandong Taishan is eight points behind the Harbor Team, with little hope of competing for the title. The team has shifted its focus to the F.A.C.A. Cup and the AFC Champions League. Despite a poor start to the group stage of the AFC Champions League, Shandong Taishan still have a chance to make a run at the F.A.C. Cup final, where Fellaini is expected to work with his teammates to win the title for Shandong Taishan and end his Chinese Super League career in a dignified manner. Meanwhile, Shandong Taishan are actively looking for Fellaini's successor. According to the Portuguese media record newspaper, Portuguese League 1 Torrens Argentine midfielder Correa is expected to join Shandong Taishan. 30-year-old Correa is 1.7 meters tall, specializes in multiple positions in midfield, and has excellent attacking ability. In order to sign Correa, Shandong Taishan is willing to pay a transfer fee of 1 million euros and offer him a two-and-a-half-year contract.
In terms of departing players, the Indonesian Golden Boot Pato, who transferred to Shandong Taishan from the Indonesian league, did not perform up to expectations. Next season, Shandong Taishan may look for a strong center forward in the transfer market to improve the efficiency of the attack. According to domestic media reports, Pato may be loaned to Zhejiang at the end of the season. Meanwhile, Leonardo's contract with Shandong Taishan will expire at the end of this season. Since joining Shandong Taishan, Leonardo has been on loan for a long time. After the expiration of his contract, he may say goodbye to Shandong Taishan and the Chinese Super League.
During his time at Changchun Yatai and Zhejiang, Leonardo has maintained a steady and efficient performance, which has led Zhejiang to fall in love with the Shandong Taishan foreigner. In the case of Leonardo's imminent departure, Zhejiang may once again rent Pato from Shandong Taishan to replace the departing Leonardo and another forward general Mu Xiekui.
