In today's professional leagues, it is not uncommon for some players to "lie down" after obtaining large contracts. There are such examples for teams in the Chinese Super League, such as last season's , the double championship of the Chinese Super League, Shandong Taishan.
In June last year, Belgian midfielder Fellaini renewed a four-year maximum salary contract with Taishan Club. Since then, Fellaini and Sun Junhao , Judson and several other foreign players helped Taishan team win the championship in the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup, becoming the hero of the team's regaining the double championship.
This season, Fellaini seems to have lost the motivation to the game. His age at the age of 35 and years of injuries have caused the former Manchester United team to have a lot of iron waist condition.
Although Taishan and Fellaini still have more than three years of contract, I believe that the club will basically not retain this veteran who will be 36 years old next season. Therefore, Shandong Taishan also prepared for the future and began to look for Fellaini's stand-in in Europe in advance.
According to news from Italian sports media, Tarzan Club has already taken a fancy to a midfielder of the Serie A team. He is currently playing for Bologna's current Scottish international Lewis Ferguson .
Ferguson, born in August 1999, is very young and is only 23 years old now. However, he has represented the Scottish national team and played four international games in the World Cup qualifiers and the UEFA Nations League.
Ferguson, who is 1.81 meters tall, can not only play as a back midfielder, but also compete in front midfielder, winger and shadow forward . Not only does he have outstanding defensive ability, he also has a very strong desire to score goals, and he can often score goals near the opponent's penalty area.
Last season, Ferguson scored a total of 11 goals for Aberdeen in Scottish Premier League in Scottish Premier League . It can be seen that his attack power is very strong. Therefore, in , Suzhou Super League, 's outstanding performance, Ferguson was favored by the Bologna team. In July this year, he transferred to this Serie A team with a net worth of 3.5 million euros.
However, after joining Bologna , Ferguson has not been able to adapt to the rhythm of Serie A . He spent most of the games this season on the bench. In the last two league rounds, Ferguson has entered the main lineup of Bologna.
. Bologna's performance this season was not ideal. As of the 11th round of the league, they only won 2 games. Therefore, the club's senior management also plans to adjust the team's lineup in the winter transfer window in January next year.
In this case, Ferguson's agent began to find a new next home for him, and Shandong Taishan, who was looking for a stand-in for Fellaini, appeared at this time.
It is reported that after communication with Ferguson's agent and the Bologna Club, Tarzan Club and the other party have basically reached a consensus on Ferguson's transfer. Ferguson will join Shandong Taishan on loan in January next year. If his performance can meet the club's expectations, Taishan will officially buy out the contract of Ferguson from Bologna in the summer window.
This kind of renting first and then buying is a transfer form commonly used by Taishan Club in recent years. If the player is easy to use, keep him. If it is not easy to use, he will not renew the lease. In this way, the club's operations will be more flexible. This year, Taishan team introduced Judson from the Portimao's Super League team team, which adopted a similar approach.
. Judging from the current situation, there will be no big suspense about Fellaini leaving Shandong Taishan next season. Here, we also want to send blessings to Fellaini, hoping that he can continue his career after leaving the Chinese Super League and reappear on the green field of the European League as soon as possible.
