At 3:30 in the afternoon, the Shandong Taishan team bus arrived at the Shanghai training base, and the players began to disembark for pre-training warm-ups. The participating players were clearly visible.
During the team training, fans saw the figure of Peng Xinli, indicating that the previous report that Peng Xinli did not arrive at the base was inaccurate. It is reported that Bi Jinhao, who can play as a tall striker and defender, did not go to Dalian Yingbo as news suggested, because Dalian Yingbo has already started training, and there was no sign of Bi Jinhao.
Moreover, in the announced signings of Dalian Yingbo, there was no mention of Bi Jinhao's name. A reporter following the Shandong Taishan team reported: Bi Jinhao missed training due to a cold and fever.
This means that "Pengbi Shenghui" will still be with the Shandong Taishan team in the new season, as their contract still has one year remaining.
Tallying Choi Kang-hee's Recruitment: "My Own Son"
Currently, among the foreign players of the Shandong Taishan team, only Crescendo returned on time and appeared in the training in Shanghai.
The other two foreign players, Zeke and Vako, chose to stay at home because they had unfinished family matters and have not yet set off. These two foreign players were introduced by Choi Kang-hee. Including Bi Jinhao, three players from Choi Kang-hee's team are absent from the Shandong Taishan team.
Choi Kang-hee also did not arrive at the team according to the club's specified time, arriving two days late.
Additionally, Pato and Marcelo, who were introduced by Choi Kang-hee, have been refused renewal by the club. Jadson, who joined Choi Kang-hee's cooperative team after getting injured, has also been rejected by the club.
In other words, among Choi Kang-hee's team of players, only Peng Xinli arrived at the team on time and started training, while the rest of the personnel, including the head coach and assistant coaching team, were all late.
This is the performance of Choi Kang-hee's team during this winter training. It is difficult to conclude whether this is due to a quarrel with the club or intentional. In any case, Choi Kang-hee did not exhibit such behavior during his time at Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.
Team's Tall Striker Recruitment Rejected by Choi Kang-hee
The team has assembled, and similarly, championship-contending teams like Guoan, Port, Shenhua, and Rongcheng have all announced their new signings for the new season, meaning they have made adequate preparations.
However, for Shandong Taishan fans, it has already been four days since the team gathered, and they have arrived in Shanghai, but the new signings have not been finalized. Not to mention recruitment, even the current situation of who stays and who leaves the team has not been finally determined by the club.
Such winter training, no one dares to say what effects it will have or what results it will yield. It feels like both the club and the coaching staff are just muddling through life.
In fact, the club had plans to introduce a tall striker as a substitute for Zeke, but as expected by the fans, it was rejected by Choi Kang-hee's team. Last season, in order to maintain Bi Jinhao's position as a tall striker, the team transferred Bai Helamu, and this season they rejected a tall striker substitute again.
Last season, precisely because the tall striker Zeke got injured, Bi Jinhao did not meet the requirements for a tall striker substitute, causing the team's performance to be in shambles.
Is Choi Kang-hee refusing to learn from last season's mistakes or does he want to repeat the same failure? Is Choi Kang-hee a monk from the gourd or is he doing this intentionally?