Today, August 1st, the summer transfer market of the Chinese Super League officially kicked off. Shandong Taishan, one of the top giants in the Chinese Super League, has once again shown its policy of actively promoting young players to go out for training at the beginning of the season. Today, Lu Yongtao was transferred out of the first team to join Qingdao Youth Island of the Central League. With Shandong Taishan's young talents emerging in the Chinese Super League and Chinese League One teams, even Beijing Guoan, which has a notable youth training strength, has been required to pay compensation to Taishan. The move has even caused extensive discussion in the Beijing media, with voices suggesting that this is Shandong Taishan making a profit from Beijing Guoan.
Beijing media "Beijing home" pointed out that Shandong Taishan in youth training is obviously better than Beijing Guoan. While players of the same age in the Beijing Guoan team are still waiting for their chance, Taishan has already sent its young players out on loan for training. This is confirmed by the example of Xie Wenneng and Zhang Tong this year, and the success of Tian Yuda last year, who was born in 2001 and loaned out to Beijing BeiShiDa last year, and after performing well in BeiShiDa, Taishan quickly sold him, making Beijing Guoan, which had paid the transfer fee for Tian Yuda, once again profitable. Although Tian Yuda is rumored to be a free agent with no transfer fee, Beijing Guoan is still required to pay Shandong Taishan youth training compensation.
Shandong Taishan is good enough to play in the Chinese Super League with their youth training compensation. Taishan's youth training school in Brazil, Sport Brasil, is also able to bring youth training compensation to Taishan. Meanwhile, Beijing Guoan's youth training system has not yet reached the same level as Taishan's, which has become a source of dissatisfaction for some Guoan fans. (Image from Shandong Taishan's official website)
