The Henan FC Post
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Henan FC
Wang Shangyuan and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Henan FC
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and He Chao was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Zheng Dalun gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
He Chao knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and He Chao trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market28 Dec 2026
The Li Hao question follows Henan FC around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Li Hao’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Xu Jiamin gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Xu Jiamin is on it.
In brief
- Squad Zheng Junwei wants out of the dugout
- Squad Setback for Wang Shangyuan