The Shandong Taishan Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Shanghai Port come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Shandong Taishan did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Shandong Taishan
Cryzan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shandong Taishan get their man
The chase for Han Zilong ended with $52.0K changing hands and Yunnan Yukun out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Pedro Delgado runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Xie Wenneng signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Xie Wenneng commits to Shandong Taishan for another 3 years.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Shandong Taishan agree a free transfer for Carlos Strandberg
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Match8 Aug 2026
Ahmed El Messaoudi sends Shandong Taishan past Shenzhen Peng City
It finished 2‑0, and it was Ahmed El Messaoudi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Shandong Taishan.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shandong Taishan promote Dong Lei from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dong Lei has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ge Tao joins the Shandong Taishan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ge Tao is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Ahmed El Messaoudi
- Squad The formation has left Ahmed El Messaoudi behind
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Shandong Taishan