On the morning of June 5, shandong Taishan team sent good news, according to the German "transfer market" information, Belgian iron-waisted Fellaini and Taishan team renewed their contract for 4 years, and the new contract will expire on December 31, 2025. Fellaini's contract extension will make the Taishan team worry-free in the next 4 midfielders, and the 38-year-old Fellaini will also choose to retire from the Taishan team. In the face of the policy of salary reduction in the Chinese Super League, many big-name foreign aides chose to leave, while Fellaini chose to reduce the salary to stay in the team, and signed a big contract, and had to sigh that the Taishan team really has a set in terms of keeping people in the heart.
In fact, Fellaini's extension of the contract to stay in the team has long been a precursor. On May 28 this year, Fellaini posted a photo on extranet social media and circled what the Tarzan team called "Talking business" (talking about business, talking about contracts). At that time, many media laughed and said: "Fellaini talked about business at the training ground", without thinking about negotiating contract renewal.
Now it seems that Fellaini has begun to negotiate a contract extension with the Taishan team at that time, and it is going very smoothly, so it will be revealed to the outside world. On June 2, Fellaini posted his return training photos on his personal social media and wrote: "Start doing the right thing!" It also shows that the two sides have signed a contract extension, and Fellaini has worked hard to confirm himself on the training ground.
Marouan Fellaini, born on 22 November 1987, is 1.94 metres tall and can play in multiple positions such as back, front and even center. Tall, but Fellaini is flexible, fast, physically very good, explosive, is a midfielder who can complete the breakthrough from the box to the penalty area, not only a natural defensive barrier for the midfield, but also can act as an offensive surprise, but also a fast-moving frontcourt fulcrum, so it is also known as a center-forward midfielder.
Fellaini has played for Belgian giants Standard Liege, Premier League powerhouse Everton, Premier League giants Manchester United and other football clubs in his career, and he is a stable attacking point in every team, especially in Everton, where he has a magical performance of 12 goals and 8 assists in a single season. At Manchester United, Mourinho often uses Fellaini as a centre-forward.
On February 1, 2019, after Fellaini transferred to Shandong Luneng, he plugged and played without participating in winter training, and quickly showed his strength. In his Debut in the Chinese Super League, Fellaini scored his only goal against Beijing Renhe to help the team win 1-0, and since then he has scored key goals in the AFC Champions League and the Chinese Super League, becoming the new core of Luneng's midfield. In the 2019 season, Fellaini made 34 appearances for Luneng, contributing 13 goals and 4 assists, including 4 goals in 8 games in the AFC Champions League, and was the main contributor to Taishan's entry into the top 8 of the AFC Champions League. At the same time, he also used his physical strength to run, played the role of a defensive barrier in the midfield, and won the praise of fans.
Today, Fellaini has renewed his contract with the Taishan team as he wished. In the case of Paulinho, Teixeira, Hulk, Talisca, Rondon, Ighalo and other big-name foreign aides have chosen to leave, Fellaini's salary cut and renewal has become a clear stream in the Chinese Super League. This also shows that gold dollar football is not reliable, and everything will return to zero after leaving the attraction of high salaries. Under the Jinyuan policy, the Taishan team does not blindly follow the trend, but grasps the youth training in a down-to-earth manner, and introduces loyal and dedicated foreign aid to supplement it, and the facts have proved that their way can maintain the healthy development of Chinese football!
This season, when Pele left, Guedes and Moises could not return to the team, and Leonardo was useless, Fellaini and Sun Junhao supported the entire team. He scored 3 goals in his first 5 starts in 5 matches, scored a deadly goal against Guangzhou, and scored twice against Shenzhen, becoming a key player for Taishan to score 11 points. In the fan voting campaign, Fellaini received more than 60% of the vote, becoming the best player in the first 5 rounds of the Tarzan team.
On May 12 this year, Belgian media voetbal24 reported that Fellaini's contract with Shandong Taishan will expire in December, and the player may travel to Galatasaray to continue his football career. It is reported that Fellaini has reached a verbal agreement with the team. On 1 January 2022, Fellaini will travel to Turkey as a free agent, where he will sign a short-term contract with the club.
Now it turns out that this news is out-and-out fake news. In fact, Fellaini has expressed his love for Shandong many times, and has also debunked transfer rumors many times, including the warm invitation of his mentor Mourinho. In September 2019, Fellaini said in an interview: "Everything is going well for me in China. Shandong Luneng's staff and teammates took good care of me. Although there are great differences, the people of Shandong are very kind to us. The possibility of returning to Belgium exists, but now I am satisfied with my life in China. I want to finish my two-and-a-half-year contract. ”
In the second round of this year's league, after Fellaini's header in stoppage time broke against Guangzhou, Fellaini once again expressed his love for Taishan in an interview after the game: I like Taishan, my teammates are very good, the team's staff is also very good, and I hope to continue to contribute to the team here.