Recently, Shandong Taishan team signed an early termination agreement with core midfielder Future You, Fellaini will officially leave Shandong Taishan at the end of the season. Not long ago, he became the investor of the Belgian B team Falampobius. Prior to this, Fellaini had contributed 3 million euros to assist the Belgian power brigade standard Liege to tide over the economic difficulties. It is reported that the original should be returned to Fellaini in April 3 million euros, so far the standard martyrs have not paid. Therefore, it is widely speculated that Fellaini may join Standard Liege after leaving the Chinese Super League. After his retirement, Fellaini plans to transform into a soccer agent, focusing on running the Franchise Club he holds.
At present, the Chinese Super League is nearing the end, Shandong Taishan team is eight points behind the harbor team, and the hope of competing for the championship is slim. Shandong Taishan will focus on the AFC Cup and the AFC Champions League. In the group stage of the AFC Champions League, Shandong Taishan had an unfavorable start and the prospect of getting out of the tournament was uncertain. However, Shandong Taishan have reached the final of the F.A.C.A. Cup, and Fellaini is expected to win the F.A.C.A. Cup with his teammates and end his Chinese Super League career on a decent note. Meanwhile, Shandong Taishan have started looking for Fellaini's successor. According to the Portuguese media record newspaper, Portuguese Liga Torrens' Argentine midfielder Correa is close to joining Shandong Taishan.
At 1.7 meters tall, the 30-year-old Correa plays as a front man and is able to adapt to any position in the midfield. He has played for teams such as Greek Super League Velos NFC, A-League Sarsfield and Portuguese Super League Maritimo. Correa has excellent ability to hold the ball and quickly advance and passing ability, excellent free kick technology, good at long-distance shooting. So far this season, he has made 6 appearances on behalf of Torrens in the Portuguese Liga, scoring 3 goals, with an eye-catching performance on the offensive end. In order to sign Correa to succeed Fellaini, Shandong Taishan is willing to pay a transfer fee of 1 million euros to Torrens and offer the player a two-and-a-half-year contract.
Regarding the departing players, Pato, the golden boot of the Indonesian league who joined Shandong Taishan from the Indonesian league in the middle of the season, did not perform up to the expectation. Next season, Shandong Taishan head coach Choi Kang-hee may look for a strong center forward in the transfer market to improve the team's offensive efficiency. According to domestic authoritative media reports, Pato, who left Shandong Taishan, will not leave the Chinese Super League, and Zhejiang may rent Pato at the end of the season. It is worth mentioning that the Zhejiang team had rented the Brazilian foreign aid Leonardo, who was originally loaned to Changchun Yatai by Shandong Taishan team this season. So far, Leonardo has scored 17 goals in the league, ranking first in the list of Chinese Super League scorers. It is understood that 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, and after the expiration of his contract, he may say goodbye to Shandong Taishan and the Chinese Super League.
Whether in Changchun Yatai or Zhejiang, Leonardo has maintained a stable and efficient performance, which has made Zhejiang favor the Shandong Taishan foreigner. With Leonardo's imminent departure, they may once again take Pato on loan from Shandong Taishan to replace the departing Leonardo and another striker, Mu Xiekui.
