Since last season's Chinese Super League appeared for the first time in the New Year's Eve schedule, this year's Chinese Super League transfer window window window is also much later than before. In this transfer window period, the most concerned by fans is undoubtedly the transfer of Shandong Taishan team's active international Xu Xin to Shanghai Harbor.
As we all know, the Harbor Club took advantage of the national team training camp, and the club's vice president Sun Xiang personally stepped out to successfully poach Xu Xin, a midfielder who performed very well in Taishan last season, back to Shanghai.
After the news of the harbor poaching of Xu Xin was exposed, it attracted the attention of fans, and Xu Xin and the Harbor Club were criticized by a large number of fans and media.
However, since the opening of the first Chinese Super League transfer window last month, The Harbour Club has not officially announced Xu Xin's joining, which makes many fans feel that Xu Xin's transfer to The Harbour may be ruined.
However, according to the latest news, the reason why The Harbor has not officially signed Xu Xin is because the club's first team registration quota has been exhausted, so they have not officially announced Xu Xin's joining.
In order to be able to officially sign Xu Xin as soon as possible, the Harbor Club is ready to clear out some players in the first team, thus leaving the vacated registration places to Xu Xin. The first player to be cleared by Harbor Club in the near future is their homegrown defender Zhang Wei.
Although Zhang Wei, 29, is a henan player, he has been in Shanghai since he was a child and has received regular football training at genbao football school.
In 2011, at the age of 18, Zhang Wei entered Shanghai Zhongbang, the predecessor of the Harbor Team, to start his career. In 2013, he was selected for the Shanghai National Games and helped the team win the men's football competition of the National Games.
After Shanghai SIPG acquired Shanghai Zhongbang as a whole in 2014, Zhang Wei naturally became a member of the SIPG team. Zhang Wei, who entered the first team of SIPG, soon gained a foothold in the team and began to gradually become the main force of the team from a substitute.
In the 2018 season, Zhang Wei won the first Chinese Super League title in the club's history with SIPG, and his career reached a new peak.
However, with the rapid growth of the young players in the team and the addition of many new signings, Zhang Wei gradually lost the main position in the team, and last season Zhang Wei only played 2 games for the Harbor team as a substitute player.
Obviously, Zhang Wei is no longer in coach Lecco's team plan, and transferring to other teams has become his only option now. According to recent reports from a number of authoritative domestic sports media, Zhang Wei's new home next season will be Tianjin Jinmen Tiger. The Tianjin team has reached an agreement with Zhang Wei on his joining.
With the departure of Zhang Wei, the harbor first team also freed up a valuable player registration quota, which also cleared the last obstacle for Xu Xin to join, and the two sides officially signed the contract only a matter of time.
The Chinese men's football team has recently flown back to China after ending its trip to Qatar's World Cup qualifiers, and the whole team is currently in Haikou for quarantine observation. It is believed that after the end of the quarantine period, Xu Xin can immediately rush to Shanghai to officially sign a contract with the Harbor Club.
At that time, the Harbor Club can officially announce the joining of the national football midfielder, and Xu Xin, who has been making a fuss for nearly 2 months, abandons Shandong Taishan and switches to Shanghai Harbor, which will eventually settle the dust.