The Shanghai Port Post
Squad7 Feb 2028
Yan Junling breaks a bone — 140 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 140 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match7 Feb 2028
Nobody above Shanghai Port
First, on 67 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.
Market7 Feb 2028
Not going: Umitjan stays at Shanghai Port
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Shanghai Shenhua had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market7 Feb 2028
Li Shuai asks to leave Shanghai Port
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Shanghai Port
Óscar Melendo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A row about effort at Shanghai Port
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Wesley Moraes was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Shanghai Port lose Dong Junwei
- Market The Meng Jingchao conversation is coming
- Market No place for Meng Jingchao in the plan
- The dugout Óscar Melendo keeps his manager's vote