The most concerned by fans in this round of the Chinese Super League is undoubtedly the match between Shandong Taishan and Beijing Guoan. In this campaign, the Taishan team performed poorly, and was scored 2 goals by Guoan in the opening 5 minutes. Despite conceding a goal and attacking the Guoan team, Cressan and Kazaishvili were both in poor form and failed to score, and finally lost 0-2 away to Guoan, suffering a recent three-game winless run in the league.
In recent times, the Taishan team has seen serious attrition, with Zeka, Pato and Liu Guobao all reimbursing for the season, and the forward line has been stretched. In the game with Guoan, the Taishan team's wing wings and naturalized player Fernando did not enter the game squad, which undoubtedly further weakened the frontcourt attack of the Taishan team.
Unlike the situation of Zeka and Pato, Fernando's absence from the Jinglu game was not due to injury. According to some senior Taishan fans, Fernando did not participate in the pre-match training of the Taishan team and had returned to Jinan before the start of the Jinglu battle.
Fernando did not participate in the match between Taishan and Guoan, mainly because of the renewal of his contract with the club. With his contract with Taishan about to expire at the end of the year, the popular naturalized player has not yet renewed his contract with the club.
Fernando joined Shandong Taishan at the beginning of last season, and in the first half of the league, he has not played an official game for 2 years and has not been given many opportunities. It wasn't until Choi Kang-hee took over the Taishan team that he reactivated him. In the second half of the league, Fernando has become the main rotation player for the Tarzan team, scoring two goals and two assists in 21 league games.
This season, Fernando has played well in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, scoring 2 goals and 4 assists, becoming a sharp knife on the side of the Taishan team. Because of his outstanding performance in the league, Fernando was also called up by Ivankovic for the national team, and he performed very well in both matches against Singapore.
Because of his outstanding performance in the national team, Fernando's value is rising. Now he is no longer a marginal naturalized player who had no ball to play when he joined the Taishan team last year. In such a situation, Fernando's appetite has also become more and more growing, and he does not participate in training and misses the Tarzan team, mainly to coerce the club to renew his big contract.
As we all know, this season's Shandong Taishan Club has a relatively serious financial situation, and the players of the first team are also required to pay back taxes, so many players have been in a mood and refused to participate in the game for various reasons. Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for Tarzan FC to offer Fernando a contract extension that would satisfy him sufficiently.
In addition, according to some sports media, other Chinese Super League clubs have recently thrown olive branches to Fernando. Not renewing his contract with the club, and recently missing the training and games of the Taishan team without injuries, shows that Fernando does have the idea of leaving.
Judging from the current situation, if Shandong Taishan cannot complete the renewal of the contract with Fernando as soon as possible, then after the contract between the two parties expires at the end of the year, the popular international is likely to leave the team as a free agent, and his new home is likely to be one of the top 4 teams in the current Chinese Super League. As for whether Xiao Moto can continue to stay in Shandong after the end of this season, it depends on whether he and Taishan Club can reach a consensus on the renewal of the contract......