The Changchun Yatai Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
Li Ang gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Li Ang has just signed for Changchun Yatai, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Francisco Duque will not be coming to Changchun Yatai
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Cortulua is saying, and nobody at Changchun Yatai is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Li Ang 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 Changchun Yatai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Juan Camilo Salazar
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Home is on Juan Camilo Salazar'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; Changchun Yatai are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Changchun Yatai rebuffed over Hayato Tanaka
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Kashiwa Reysol have kept their man, and Changchun Yatai go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Zhao Aihui steps up from the Changchun Yatai academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Zhao Aihui 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Changchun Yatai promote Fan Boqing from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fan 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
Changchun Yatai promote Hou Baiyang from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hou Baiyang 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: Deng Yi joins the Changchun Yatai first team
- Squad No place for Bi Jinhao in the new shape
- The dugout Hou Xin: “We have to be better”