On the morning of January 27, Beijing time, the "Chinese Football Team" officially announced that the 22-year-old international center Guo Tianyu would stay in the Portuguese Super Vizela team. He also became the third active international to play for a European club after Wu Lei and Li Lei. Guo Tianyu will first loan Vizzella for half a season, depending on his performance until the end of the 2021-2022 season before deciding on the future.
As for whether Guo Tianyu will buy out after the loan expires, it needs to be decided based on the performance of the players in the half season, as well as the wishes of The Vizzella club, the players and Shandong Taishan. The Portuguese Premier League ends on May 15, and Guo Tianyu still has at least 10 games to play. Currently in the Portuguese Premier League table, Vizzella is only 3 points ahead of the relegation zone.
It is reported that as early as June last year, the Chinese Football Association began to operate related matters related to Guo Tianyu Liuyang. In the special meeting of the Football Association to assist domestic players to stay in the West, the Portuguese Super League, the First League and other leagues have become the key reference targets of the Football Association. Because there is no non-European quota in the Portuguese league, coupled with the fact that many Chinese players have traveled to Portugal and are more familiar with the situation there, it seems that portugal is more operational.
Guo Tianyu himself also tried out for Portuguese Super League giants Porto and Benfica in 2015, and that experience also benefited Guo Tianyu a lot. Nowadays, with Guo Tianyu's wings growing in Taishan, Shandong, this also gives him more confidence and expectations for staying in the Ocean again.
And Vizella coach Pacheco is also very optimistic about Guo Tianyu, the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League Guo Tianyu contributed 10 goals and 2 assists, the performance is quite good. The Vizzella team has also been looking for this type of pillar center, and Pacheco said in an interview that "GUO" is exactly the type that the team particularly needs.
Since last summer, Guo Tianyu has renewed his contract with Taishan for 5 years, so in the future, if Guo Tianyu returns to play in the domestic league after leaving Yang, he will definitely return to Shandong Taishan, and Taishan is not worried that the 22-year-old red star will be poached by other Chinese Super League teams.