In order to make up for the vacancy after Li Lei's departure, Beijing Guoan struggled to find a suitable replacement in the transfer market. There are only a few powerful full-backs in China, and most of them are non-selling products of the club, and then they can only look at the international level, and the Chinese Football Association has issued a strict "salary limit order", so it is not realistic to want to introduce strong foreign aid at a high price.
Sun Zhunhao, who introduced the K League by Shandong Taishan last season, was a great success, not only in terms of ability recognition, but also in the controllable range of transfer fees. Therefore, if you can dig up a player of similar strength in the K League, it is a good operation.
In this context, Jiang Xiangyou from the K League powerhouse Pohang Iron & Steel came into view. Jiang Xiangyou is the main left-back of POHANG Iron, can play multiple positions, has a very comprehensive ability, and is also one of the team's home stars. Last season, Jiang Xiangyou made 37 appearances, including 36 starts, scored 4 goals and contributed 8 assists, which is even better than many midfielders. If Jiang Xiangyou can join Guoan, then in the position of left defender, Guoan's strength will only increase.
Beijing Guoan has made an offer of $1.5 million to POSCO and an annual salary of $1.3 million to me. The two sides have basically agreed to this contract, only the final signature is confirmed, but at this juncture, K League overlord Jeonbuk Hyundai horizontal knife to win love, Guoan was tragically cut off, snatched away Jiang Xiangyou. So, the team had to find someone else.
After the agent's recommendation, Guoan once again targeted Li Jidi from Suwon Samsung. Lee Ji-do is on par with Kang Heung-woo, both of whom were selected for the South Korean national team and both belong to left-backs. In comparison, Li Jidi contributed 5 goals and 5 assists last season, helping the team to break into the championship group and was selected as the best 11 people at the end of the season. With distinct technical characteristics, good at free kicks, and accurate crosses after rapid breakthroughs, it is reasonable that Guoan can take a fancy to Li Jidi. However, until now, Suwon Samsung and Beijing Guoan are in consultation, the specific details have not been announced to the public, perhaps learning the lesson of being cut off, this time Guoan wants to deal with it in a low-key manner.
In addition to the dynamics in the transfer market, just after the Spring Festival holiday, Beijing Guoan regrouped to prepare for a new round of training. The newly appointed head coach Xie Feng gave the latest instructions to the players, first of all, he was familiar with almost all the players, who can have a place in this team, depending on their own training and game attitude, that is, strength and talent are important, but not the only assessment goal, attitude will become the most important element.
Xie Feng also came up with a metaphor, a few days ago in the Australian Open game, the 36-year-old Nadal, facing the opposite teenagers younger than himself, and in the context of 0:2 unfavorable, gritted his teeth and insisted, every ball must be fought, every beat spelled out the sweat of the will, and finally miraculously reversed, defeated the opponent, while winning the game, more deeply touched every spectator present and the opponent opposite. And Beijing Guoan also has to learn from Nadal's spirit, never give up until the end, can be defeated, but absolutely give up every bit of hope.
The new season of the Chinese Super League, when to start, there is no exact news. Last season, Guoan suffered successive blows, and almost all foreign aid was lost, leaving only a young Silva. Along the way, it did not go well, and I finally rushed into the championship group, and although the final result was not brilliant, it was barely acceptable combined with the actual situation of the team itself.
After the start of the new season, there is no pressure of multi-front combat, and the veteran powerhouse Beijing Guoan is bound to launch a new round of challenges to all the giants, and we also wish Guoan better results here.
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