With the continuous progress of the times, the hardware level of the Chinese Super League has been greatly improved compared with the past, but the level of Chinese players is getting worse and worse. Therefore, if a team wants to achieve good results in the Chinese Super League, it often needs to bring in high-level foreign aid to achieve this goal.
Due to the different ways and methods of reinforcements for Chinese Super League clubs at present, there are also great differences in the ability and level of foreign aid introduced by the teams in the Chinese Super League. This season, the most successful team in the work of foreign introduction is undoubtedly Shandong Taishan.
South Korean midfielder Sun Jun-ho, who was introduced by The Taishan Club at the beginning of last season, has now become the absolute main force of the team, the core of the midfield organization attack.
Brazilian defender Judson, who was loaned from Wuhan Sanzhen in the middle of the season, is even more cost-effective, and the Brazilian foreign aid, who is only worth 170,000 euros, used the goals scored in the second stage of the league and the FA Cup final to help Taishan successfully win the third double in the club's history this season.
There are successes and natural failures, and in stark contrast to the taishan team's successful reinforcements, the Shanghai Shenhua team. Last season, Shenhua also brought in a number of new signings in various forms, such as Adrian, Jonic, Bassogo and Dumbia.
But judging by the performance of these players last season, only Jonić has played his true strength. Although Adrian played well in the Chongqing team, he could not find a feeling in the Shenhua team.
Dumbia, who joined Shenhua in the middle of last season, did not show the real strength of a foreign player, scoring only 3 goals for the team in 10 rounds of the Chinese Super League.
Finally, there is Bassogo, an active Cameroon international who has performed quite well when he played for Henan Songshan Longmen (formerly Henan Jianye). In the three seasons from 2017 to 2019, he contributed quite a few goals and assists to Henan.
However, Bassogo fell into a slump in the 2020 season, scoring only 1 league goal in the entire season. Therefore, at the end of the 2020 season, Henan did not renew his contract with Bassogo, and Shenhua took this opportunity to get Bassogo for free.
The free-to-do stuff is often not very easy to use, and this is evident in Bassogo. After joining Shenhua, Bassogo has never been able to obtain the position of the main force of the team.
South Korean coach Choi Kang-hee only used Bassogo as a substitute for the team's front line. After the game was more than half complete, He sent Bassogo to the field, using his speed advantage to launch an attack on the opponent's defense. But because Bassogo's footwork on goal is not very clever, he often misses some good opportunities to score.
After Choi Kang-hee left school and Mao Yijun became the interim manager of Shenhua, Bassogo returned to the main squad of the team. In the final 3 rounds of the first stage of the league, Bassogo scored 2 goals and 1 assist for Shenhua.
Despite this, Shenhua lost 2-4 to Beijing Guoan in the final game of the first stage of the league, unexpectedly falling into the relegation group.
Just when Shenhua needed Bassogo to help the team play a relegation game, he missed all the matches in the second stage of the league because he had to represent Cameroon in the Africa Cup of Nations.
At present, the African Cup of Nations is still in full swing, and cameroon has also won the first place in the group. If the strong Cameroon can maintain a stable form, they should be able to reach the final of this African Cup of Nations.
This also means that Bassogo will not be able to complete the task of the national team until the middle of next month, and considering the current international epidemic situation, it is difficult for him to return to Shanghai in a short period of time to reunite with the Shenhua team.
Therefore, Shenhua Club should now also consider the issue of Bassogo's stay next season. His current competitive status and frequent return to China will not be able to bring enough help to the Shenhua team to achieve good results next season.
With Moreno, Kim Shin-woo and Adrian all leaving, the Shenhua team must also start bringing in new foreign aid. Abandoning Bassogo to bring in a new foreign striker will bring enough immediate combat power to Shenhua.
Of course, Shenhua Club must also accept the lessons of the past, and do not sign a high-paid and low-energy foreign forward in order to save money.