Although Beijing Guoan has scored 28 league goals after the league halfway, making it the most scored team in the Chinese Super League so far, this does not hide the problem of the team's weakness.
The main striker Zhang Yuning underwent ankle surgery last month and is unlikely to play a few games this year, even if he will not be reimbursed for the entire season. Although Wang Ziming scored a hat-trick in the last round of the league, facing the Shenzhen team that has basically locked a relegation place, and the opponent was sent off, Wang Ziming's 3 goals do not mean that he has come out of the trough.
Therefore, the current Guoan team still needs to bring in a striker to fill Zhang Yuning's vacancy. According to the latest news, Guoan FC has recently signed Angolan striker Fabio Abreu, who currently plays for Jorfekan in the UAE league.
Abreu, 30, was born in Portugal and is of Angolan descent, so he has dual Angolan and Portuguese citizenship. However, he joined the Angola national team in 2019 and Abreu has played eight international matches for Angola and scored his first international goal against The Gambia.
At 1.84 metres, Abreu played as a centre-forward and could also play as a left winger and shadow striker, having started his career with FC Barkapu in England before returning to Portugal in 2011 to join Portuguese Premier League side Madeira Nautical. Over the past 10 years, Abreu has played for several teams in the Portuguese First and Premier Leagues.
It is also worth mentioning that Abreu has worked with Guoan manager Ricardo Suarez in the 2019-2020 season. At the time, Suarez was coaching Portuguese Premier League side Moreira. This season, Abreu played a total of 37 games for Moreira in all competitions, scoring 15 goals and providing three assists, a performance that Suarez has also recognized.
Abreu joined Jorfecan in the UAE league last summer and has so far scored six goals plus one assist.
It can be said that Guoan brought in Abreu this time, and coach Suarez played a very key role. It was his strong referral that led the club's top brass to decide to bring in the 30-year-old Angolan striker.
Since Guoan's foreign aid registration quota has been used up this season, the club must cancel a foreign aid registration quota if it wants to bring in Abreu. According to insiders in Beijing football circles, the foreign aid that Guoan Club will give up is not Dablo, who is loaned, but South Korean foreign aid Jiang Xiangyou, who suffered a shoulder injury in the match between Guoan and Shanghai Port.
Many Beijing fans do not understand this. Jiang Xiangyou is the best foreign player in the Guoan team this season, but just because he will miss a few weeks of games due to injury, he must become a victim of the club? Why didn't Guoan replace Adaimi, who was obviously inferior to Jiang Xiangyou? Regarding this question, perhaps only General Manager Li Ming can give a more reasonable answer...