Shenhua's first signing of the 2022 season has gradually surfaced, and Li Songyi of Shandong Taishan is expected to join in free.
About two months ago, Shenhua's main centre-back of last season, Jonic, returned to Sakura Osaka. Defender Li Songyi just happened to have a contract with Shandong Taishan expired and regained his freedom, so the two sides quickly hit it off. In fact, Li Songyi has been trying out at the Shenhua Kangqiao Base for a certain period of time, and his ability and performance have also been affirmed.
Born in January 1993, Li Songyi is 29 years old and plays as a defender on the field. Debuting in the famous Luneng youth training, he is the leader of the 93 generation, and players of the same age group include Wu Xinghan, Liu Binbin and Wang Tong.
Since entering the Shandong Taishan adult team in 2012, Li Songyi's career in the past decade can be summarized in 4 words - high and low. In the 2013 season, Li Songyi, as the key training object of Shandong Taishan, made his debut in the Chinese Super League as a substitute cui peng against Dalian Albin. On November 6 of the same year, in the away match against Guizhou Renhe, Li Songyi appeared in Luneng's starting lineup. In order to let Lee Songyi play, The then head coach Antic even put Dewey on the bench list, and Lee Songyi appeared in the position of the main center-back to partner McGovern. In the 2015 season, Li Songyi replaced Dai Lin as the team's main center-back. When his career was about to take off, Li Songyi was not calm, and he confronted the fans on his personal social platform, which brought a great negative impact to the club, and was suspended for half a year, and then lost the main position. In 2018, Li Songyi experienced a major injury and recovered from the injury the following year, but it was already difficult to play in Taishan, Shandong, so he was loaned out later. In 2020, Li Songyi was loaned to Guangzhou R&F, and in 2021, he was loaned to Tianjin Jinmen Tiger. In Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, Li Songyi gradually regained his form and occupied the position of the team's main center-back for a long time, making 18 appearances and scoring 1 goal.
In addition to Li Songyi, there are other players who are currently trying out at Shenhua, so shenhua may not only be the domestic aid introduced by Shenhua this year.