This offseason, Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan, and Chengdu Rongcheng successively signed their favorite players in the transfer market to strengthen the lineup. The defending champion Shanghai Port has not made much moves in the transfer market, and it has finally been revealed that Shanghai Port may re-sign the popular international player Wei Shihao in the offseason, but judging from the current situation, Wei Shihao is very likely to be signed by the dark horse Chengdu Rongcheng. It is understood that Chengdu Rongcheng has launched more in-depth negotiations with Wei Shihao, and the two sides are expected to sign a multi-year contract. After Wei Shihao was cut off by Chengdu, the defending champion Shanghai Port, who had been silent for a long time, officially announced two signings.
Brazilian defender Mateus Rusa, who played for Brazilian club Cruzeiro last season, will officially join Shanghai Port next season. It is understood that Mateus Russa is 27 years old and plays as a midfielder who has played for teams such as Vasco da Gama, Botafogo, Inter and Qatar Sporting. Prior to his arrival in China, he was loaned by Fortaleza to play for Cruzeiro and made 27 appearances for him. The contract with his former club Fortaleza has expired at the end of January, which means the player can join Shanghai Port as a free agent. In addition, Brazilian high school striker Gustavo, who played for Jeonbuk Hyundai FC in South Korea's K-League last season, will also join Shanghai Port next season. In 2020, Gustavo joined Jeonbuk Hyundai from Corinthians for a transfer fee of 2.5 million euros. According to the statistics, he scored 57 goals in 142 games for Jeonbuk Hyundai. His contract with Jeonbuk has also expired, and he also joined Shanghai Port as a free agent. Harbour's new coach Muscat said before taking office that he hoped Harbour would bring in a center forward and a midfielder in the off-season. After the completion of the reinforcement of the outer circle position, Shanghai Port has also made some gains in the reinforcement of domestic aid.
Shen Zigui, a young player who played for Shenzhen last season, has been training with Shanghai Harbour FC. Born in 2000, Shen Zigui is only 23 years old this year, officially joined the Shenzhen team of the Chinese Super League in 2022, and played for the Shenzhen team in the Chinese Super League last season, scoring two goals in 27 games. The young Shen Zigui is not small. Shen Zigui has played in the youth team of Chelsea Football Club and won the Premier League Under-15 International Championship with the team. Shen Zigui spent five years in the youth team at Chelsea, but he did not establish himself at Chelsea and never played a competitive game for the Blues. Coincidentally, when he was in the Chelsea Academy, Oscar was also playing for the Blues. After Shen Zigui joined the harbor, Oscar shared the two wearing Chelsea jerseys through social media for the first time, lamenting that time flies so fast.
Perhaps even Oscar himself could not have imagined that he would play alongside the Academy graduate of the Blues in the Chinese Super League many years later. As an ordinary fan, I hope that the Blues will be able to continue to improve his personal ability and play for the national team one day.