With the winter transfer window yet to kick off, the major tournaments are in full swing. Some of the teams are competing in the AFC Champions League, while individual players have emerged as rising stars. However, why do people believe certain rumors? Take Zeca, who is currently playing in the league but the AFC Champions League group stage is still underway, why would the Pohang Ironmen choose to let him go at this juncture and why has he been able to join the Taishan team so quickly?
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Pohang Ironmen have commitments in both the league and the AFC Champions League group stage, and Zeca is an indispensable starter for the team. In such a context, how can he be out of the Pohang Ironmen's lineup and the Pohang Ironmen agree to this? Obviously, this rumor was full of doubts from the very beginning.
If the Pohang ironmen were free of league and AFC Champions League ties, there might be a glimmer of possibility for Zeca's transfer. But the truth is that the source of such rumors is nothing more than an intentional move by certain people who intend to stir up the Taishan team. What team with a season ahead of them and a tight transfer window can easily allow players with expiring contracts and no departures to join training straight away?
So why do people buy into these rumors? Perhaps the Zeca rumors are enough to sway people. If he does join, he will have a chance to make his mark in the AFC Champions League knockout rounds.
There are also some unbelievable signing rumors, such as the Kazaa and Marshall rumors. It's truly baffling that the Marshall rumor has gone nowhere, but some people are still convinced about it.
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The rumor itself is quite interesting but seems unrealistic. Kaza is over 30 years old and the new foreigners that Taishan are bringing in are mostly young players, so he is not a good fit. Taishan currently prefers to bring in young players rather than veterans.
As for Marshall's rumors, his transfer fee is as high as 20 million euros and his salary is more than ten times that of a foreigner in the Chinese Super League. Even so, Marshall himself has no salary, and it seems unrealistic to rely on his past earnings to keep the Taishan team running.
Transfer rumors for domestic players are relatively reliable, but only if they require a transfer fee and the player is young. Such a player could be a target for the Taishan team.
The dilemma that the Taishan team is currently facing is that the players around 1999 are not strong enough to play in key matches, resulting in a very difficult transition period. However, this does not mean that the players from 2004 onwards are of poor standard, some of them still have potential to be tapped. Therefore, what the Taishan team needs now are mid-generation players who are expected to take over the game in the future.
A player like Jiang Shenglong was never going to join, he was already at the heart of a Chinese Super League team, so why would he want to leave a stable Shenhua team? In fact, last season, Taishan were looking to bring in players from around 1997 to help with their transition.
