If nothing else, Shenhua will introduce a goalkeeper this season to replace Li Shuai as a goalkeeper coach, and this person is likely to be Shi Xiaotian, who has not renewed his contract with Changchun Yatai.
On March 1, when Shenhua ended its winter break and regrouped at the Kangqiao base to prepare for the 2022 new season, Li Shuai had changed into the equipment of the coaching staff and became the goalkeeper coach of Shenhua in the new season. Judging from the performance of last season, Ma Zhen and Xue Qinghao are still relatively young, so in the case that Shi Xiaotian and Changchun Yatai failed to renew their contracts smoothly, Shenhua and Shi Xiaotian had contact, and Shi Xiaotian also came to the Kangqiao base for trial training.
Born in 1990, Shi Xiaotian is 32 years old and 1.90 meters tall, and has played for Shenyang Jinde, Changsha Jinde, Shenzhen Phoenix, Guangzhou R&F and Liaoning Hongyun. He joined Beijing Guoan on loan at the beginning of 2015, returned to Liaoning Hongyun at the end of his loan in 2016, and transferred to Changchun Yatai in 2019, where he has made 62 appearances for Yatai, conceded 63 goals and kept 20 clean sheets.
In the 2021 season, Changchun Yatai, as a "promotion horse", finally ranked 4th in the league and qualified for the AFC Champions League play-offs, which is directly related to Shi Xiaotian's outstanding performance. It should be said that the goalkeeper configuration of Shenhua's new season Zeng Cheng and Shi Xiaotian is still quite powerful. The only regret is that Shi Xiaotian is 32 years old, relatively old like Zeng Cheng.
Over the years, from Geng Xiaofeng, Li Shuai, Chen Zhao, to Zeng Cheng, Ma Zhen, Xue Qinghao and Shi Xiaotian, who is likely to join, Shenhua has introduced many goalkeepers. Judging from the current team's goalkeeping configuration, Shenhua still needs to work hard to help the young goalkeepers in the team grow up as soon as possible.