Last season, Beijing Guoan primarily used a double foreign center-back combination: the 30-year-old Mamadou partnered with the 34-year-old Ngadeu. The two were jokingly referred to by Guoan fans as "Bear Big" and "Bear Second." Among them, "Bear Second" Mamadou has already confirmed his departure from Beijing Guoan for the new season, transferring to the newly promoted Chinese Super League team Dalian Yingbo. Meanwhile, "Bear Big" Ngadeu returned to the team yesterday after taking a week off. At the same time, Cameroonian football journalist Claude reported that Ngadeu is negotiating a contract termination with Beijing Guoan.
Claude wrote in his report: Ngadeu is unable to complete his contract with Beijing Guoan. His contract with the Chinese club will expire in June 2025. Both parties are discussing a friendly termination agreement. This 34-year-old Cameroonian international, after playing for Beijing Guoan for 2 seasons, hopes to change his environment to play football. This Cameroonian international may return to Europe to play football, with a Belgian club whose identity has not yet been disclosed giving him priority.
In addition, in the American Major League Soccer, his name also appeared on the recruitment list of several clubs, including Charlotte Football Club. Currently, Ngadeu, who has returned to China, should soon make a decision for his career. Ngadeu's goal is to find a new home so that he can maintain his position in the national team when the 2025 Africa Cup and the 2026 World Cup are approaching.
In the winter window of 2023, Beijing Guoan spent 800,000 euros to bring in Ngadeu from Gent. In the past two seasons, Ngadeu played 61 games for Guoan, scoring 4 goals and assisting twice. During this period, Ngadeu returned to the Cameroon national team and secured the starting center-back position. However, he still has half a year left on his contract with Beijing Guoan, and both sides have not yet fully renewed the contract.
In this situation, Ngadeu hopes to terminate the contract and leave, which has put Beijing Guoan in a dilemma for the time being. After all, Ngadeu's contract still has half a year left, and it cost 800,000 euros to bring him in at the beginning. However, Guoan has also made preparations. If Ngadeu insists on leaving, Guoan will quickly finalize a replacement.
According to news from Spanish media "AS," the 33-year-old central defender Juanpe from Girona received an offer from Beijing Guoan. Juanpe will turn 34 years old in April this year, standing at 190cm tall. This season, he has played 11 times for Girona, starting 9 times, with only 5 appearances in the league. Looking at it now, the defensive line of Guoan in the new season will face a major change, and the partnership of Juanpe and Wu Shaocong may become the new central defender pairing for Guoan.