The Qingdao Hainiu Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Nemanja Anđelković has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Qingdao Hainiu they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Mou Pengfei
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Nemanja Anđelković has agreed to leave Qingdao Hainiu for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Qingdao Hainiu
Nemanja Anđelković 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Union Magdalena tell Qingdao Hainiu: Kleber Díaz is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match8 Aug 2026
Shanghai Shenhua take the points off Qingdao Hainiu
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Malcom Edjouma
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
Qingdao Hainiu promote Gao Boqing from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gao Boqing 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
Fu Chengjian steps up from the Qingdao Hainiu academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fu Chengjian 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.
In brief
- Market Ma Boqing steps up from the Qingdao Hainiu academy
- Squad Words at Qingdao Hainiu training over how hard people work
- Squad Qingdao Hainiu are still strangers to each other