According to the official news from Shanghai Shenhua, the team has completed the first step in preparing for the new season and completed the contract renewal with four players in the first team, of which the 22-year-old Jiang Shenglong is the most important contract renewal. The four players are Jiang Shenglong, Yang Zexiang, Jin Shunkai and Zhou Zhengkai. Needless to say, Jiang Shenglong is the absolute main force of the team, and the 22-year-old Zhou Zhengkai is the team's No. 3 goalkeeper and the young goalkeeper the team is currently cultivating. Defender Yang Zexiang also made a number of appearances last season, with a record 15 midfielders. Kim Soon-kai is another young defender in the team who made four appearances last season.
Jiang Shenglong is currently training in Abu Dhabi with the national football team, and it is believed that the contract renewal between the two sides should have been determined a long time ago. Although the current football environment is not very good, Shenhua still gave Jiang Shenglong a 3-year contract, and the contract expires until the end of 2026, and the salary should usher in a certain increase, which shows that Shenhua attaches great importance to Jiang Shenglong. Jiang Shenglong became a new international player at a young age, and it is not surprising that there will be a place for him in the position of national football center back in the future, and I hope he can grow up quickly and take over the burden of national football center back as soon as possible.
Before the contract renewal, there was news that the old German team Schalke 04 was interested in introducing Jiang Shenglong, although now Schalke 04 was relegated to the German Second Division, and there was a possibility of two consecutive relegations, but Schalke 04 is always a good platform to stay abroad. If it goes to the German third league, then Jiang Shenglong may play more adaptable. But now that Jiang Shenglong has renewed his contract with Shenhua, it can be regarded as completely cutting off the current road to stay abroad. After all, if the contract has just been renewed without a transfer fee, and if the transfer fee is not enough, Shenhua should not let him go. And Jiang Shenglong's salary after contract renewal may also become a major obstacle.
Now there are too few good central defenders in China, and there are even fewer who are so young, and they would rather raise their salaries and renew their contracts than let them go. However, it is reported that Shenhua is open to Jiang Shenglong's stay abroad and is willing to help Jiang Shenglong stay abroad under appropriate circumstances. In this way, it is not the right time to see it, and the transfer of players, whether it is a foreign transfer or a domestic transfer, involves the market behavior of players, and there is no reason to let him go for free in order to support Liuyang. The club also needs to survive, not to generate electricity for love, not to develop around the interests of one person, so even if you support Liuyang, it does not mean that you can harm the club's own interests.
After locking up four players, Shenhua will also officially announce a chief medical officer to provide better support for the team's injury prevention and treatment. In this latest national football training squad, the number of Shenhua players has increased, Wu Xi, Dai Weijun, Jiang Shenglong, and Zhu Chenjie. As Shenhua Jiushi Group increases investment, Shenhua's performance should get better and better in the future. The focus of Shenhua below is on the matter of changing the coach, whether you want Wu Jingui to coach, or a new coach to take office, let's wait and see.