On the morning of January 31, Beijing time, the former Chinese Super League champion Shenzu ushered in a sudden official announcement, West Asian giants Riyadh Youth confirmed the signing of 90-ball Golden Boot scorer John Mari, the two sides signed a six-month contract, with an additional 2-year contract extension clause. Riyadh Youth introduced Mali this time to fill the vacancy that appeared in Ighalo's departure, Ighalo has basically confirmed to join Riyadh Crescent, statistics show that Ighalo scored 12 goals in 18 games this season, becoming the top scorer of Riyadh Youth, Riyadh Crescent immediately chose to poach him.
Next, Mali will replace Ighalo as the starting center of Riyadh Youth. Mali, a 28-year-old cameroonese centre-forward, debuted from Serre Super League side Vojvodina in 2015, but played only 2 games and did not score; joined Slovenian side Velenjeruda in 2016, 27 goals and assists in 49 games in a season and a half, becoming the Golden Boot of the Slovenian First Division; in January 2018, he joined Meizhou Hakka on a free transfer, continued to win the Golden Boot in the Chinese First Division, representing The Mezhou Hakka in 43 games in a season and a half, scoring 36 goals and assisting 4 times He joined Shenzu in July 2019 for a transfer fee of 4.1 million euros, scoring 20 goals in 34 games in a year and a half.
Affected by the epidemic, Mali was loaned to J-League side Fukuoka Hornets in February 2021, scoring seven goals in 20 games for the team. So far, Mali has scored a total of 90 goals in his career, proven his worth in a number of clubs, scored steadily, and is currently worth 2.7 million euros. This transfer is a normal decision for Deep Foot, because Deep Foot has the same good and stable center Kaldek, and it would be a waste for Mali to compete with Kaldek to play.
According to the staffing, the deep foot in the winter window confirmed the restructuring of 8 foreign aides, including Kintro, Mali, Kaldek, Praligangi, Wakaso, Achimpen, Sernas, Befoma, of which Quintero and Mali have successively confirmed the transfer and departure, Kintro joined River Plate in Argentina on loan, Mali transferred to Riyadh Youth, Sernas and Bifoma, who ended their loan period at the end of 2021, will not have the opportunity to stay in the team, they did not play well during the loan period, and it is difficult to return to the lineup of deep foot matches. He will also leave the team next.
Therefore, 8 foreign aides are reorganized, 4 of which will all transfer and leave, and the deep winter window will most likely supplement at least one foreign aid, so as to support the balance of the team's lineup system and achieve the goal of impacting the AFC Champions League. Considering that Dai Weijun has completed the membership transfer and become a registered player of the Chinese Football Association, Kaldek's transfer is also expected to be successful, ideally, Kaldek will also become a naturalized player, which can make room for a foreign aid position for Shenzu. I hope that the operation of the deep foot can be smooth.