Recently, a number of media broke the news that Zhang Yuning, the top scorer in China who has just returned to join Beijing Guoan, is expected to embark on a journey again to join a club in France. This was once the right-hand man of Guoan, last season won the Golden Boot of the Chinese Super League, won the title of the best domestic player of the Chinese Super League, ushered in the career highlights. However, this season, Zhang Yuning is recuperating from an injury in the Netherlands and has not played for Guoan. As a rising star of Chinese soccer, Zhang Yu Ning has been trained in Holland since his childhood, and has long played in the Bundesliga's Bremen and the English Premier League's West Bromwich Albion, among other teams, and has been playing for Beijing Guoan since his return to China.
With his exceptional physical qualities and scoring ability, Zhang Yuning leads the pack of domestic strikers. Unlike many domestic players, Zhang Yuning developed a fluent English while studying in Europe, which greatly facilitated his communication with his coaching team and laid a solid foundation for him to go abroad again. Beijing Guoan has also facilitated his return abroad. If the news is true, Zhang Yuning will become the first Chinese striker to secure a place in a European league. Guoan may also find Zhang Yuning's successor and make a new round of adjustments to the team's forward line when the Chinese Super League transfer window opens this year.
I personally speculate that if Zhang Yuning leaves, Guoan GM Li Ming might try to bring in Dalian striker Lin Liangming, who is currently in the relegation zone. Lin Liangming came from the Guangzhou R&F youth team and was trained by the youth team of La Liga giants Real Madrid, and played for Real Madrid's B team for a long time. Although he failed to break into the first team, Lin has been playing for Dalian since his return to China and has become the centerpiece of the team's offense. With his outstanding performance in the Chinese Super League, Lin Liangming was also spotted by national team head coach Yang Kovic and showed good form by scoring goals in the national team warm-up matches.
If Dalian ultimately fails to complete their relegation mission, a number of players, including coach Xie Hui and Lin Liangming, could bid farewell to the team. This provides an opportunity for several Chinese Super League powerhouses, including Beijing Guoan, to sign Lin Liangming. As a well-known player in Dalian soccer, Li Ming has a high reputation and extensive connections in Dalian, which lays a good foundation for Guoan to sign Lin Liangming. As it stands, even if Dalian manages to survive relegation this season, the team is facing huge financial pressure. Before the start of the season, Dalian has sent Sun Guowen and Tong Lei to Shandong Taishan, and many key players have left the team, leading to a significant decline in the team's overall strength. If the team's financial woes fail to improve, Dalian may continue to sell its star players.
It is worth mentioning that players such as Yan Xiangguan and Shan Huanhuan played for Beijing Guoan, with whom Dalian maintains a good working relationship.
