The Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Courier
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Ma Zhen: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Xadas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Xadas commits to Tianjin Jinmen Tiger for another 3 years.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Home is on Alberto Quiles's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Tianjin Jinmen Tiger are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Xadas in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tianjin Jinmen Tiger this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The terraces5 Mar 2029
The crowd has taken to Mihajlo Butraković
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match3 Mar 2029
Mihajlo Butraković sends Tianjin Jinmen Tiger past Qingdao West Coast
It finished 2‑0, and it was Mihajlo Butraković’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.
Market5 Mar 2029
Chen Jin steps up from the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Chen Jin has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market5 Mar 2029
One of our own: Wang Chengdong joins the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Wang Chengdong is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Zhang Chengyu joins the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger first team
- Market Li Baiyang steps up from the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger academy
- Squad A passport keeps Cristian Salvador off the list