On February 27, Wuhan Football Club officially announced that Nie Aoshuang, the back of the team who played before the 2020 season, officially returned. Coupled with Hu Jinghang, who was signed on the 26th, the Wuhan team has signed two players in a row after the official announcement of Li Jinyu's contract extension. It can be seen that the Wuhan team uses the new generation of players according to the five-point statement issued earlier, and Hu Jinghang and Nie Aoshuang are in line with the future construction road of the Wuhan team.
Hu Jinghang (front right)
With the addition of Hu Jinghang and Nie Aoshuang, in what positions does The Wuhan team need to strengthen in order to gain a foothold in this season's Chinese Super League?
At present, The Wuhan team has transferred a number of players under the U21 from the reserve team, and the positions involved are full-back, full-back and back. That is to say, these players who represented Hubei in the Shaanxi National Games last year have begun to enter the first team. As for their future role in the team, whether it is the main force or the substitute, or the increase in the thickness of the players below the U23, it remains to be seen this winter training. In addition to these young players who have been promoted to the first team, as well as Nie Aoshuang and Hu Jinghang, the Wuhan team may also need to continue to "bless" in the center-back, full-back and back positions. First, whether the Wuhan team can retain the local lineup of last season is debatable; second, once there is a situation where the main players leave, then the Wuhan team needs to add players who can be called in the transfer market in time.
In addition to local players, Wuhan currently has only one foreign player, Rafael, who currently trains himself in Brazil. This season, it is still unknown whether the Wuhan team will use only Raphael as a foreign aid, or whether it will introduce new foreign aid. If it is impossible to introduce new foreign aid, then the Wuhan team can only rely more on local players, then the introduction of local forward players may be strengthened.
In the end, how many people will the Wuhan team introduce in the internal and external support? Or how many young players in the reserve team are the main players in the team? It will be decided after Li Jinyu has passed the inspection of the Spring Training. I only hope that after this arduous spring training, the Wuhan team can give all those who pay attention to the team a surprise, and also make the city of Wuhan continue to maintain "one city and three superpowers" in the top men's and women's football competitions in the coming year.
Text/Hubei Daily reporter Cai Yi
Photo: Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan Club