The Henan FC Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Henan FC turn down Beijing Guoan for Bruno Nazário
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Liao Jintao would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Liao Jintao is living that version at Henan FC, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Henan FC to lose Bruno Nazário for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Bruno Nazário has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Maidana 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 Henan FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
Henan FC find a way past Qingdao West Coast
Qingdao West Coast made Henan FC work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Henan FC agree a free transfer for Han Zilong
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Henan FC rebuffed over Mao Weijie
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dalian Yingbo have kept their man, and Henan FC go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Zhang Junjie
He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market10 Aug 2026
Henan FC promote Jiang Bingliang from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jiang Bingliang 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Tang Yangyang joins the Henan FC first team
- Market Henan FC promote Ge Xiaobin from within
- Player ratings Huang Ruifeng was on a different afternoon to everybody else