The Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Xadas takes the afternoon — 8.18
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Xadas provided it, and the 8.18 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Cristian Salvador wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger know it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Henan FC tell Tianjin Jinmen Tiger: Bruno Nazário 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Xadas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match8 Aug 2026
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger see off Dalian Yingbo
Three points for Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, 2‑1 the final word against Dalian Yingbo in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger promote Tian Xin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tian Xin 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
Tang Jiaqi steps up from the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tang Jiaqi 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
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger promote Song Jiahui from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Song Jiahui 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
One of our own: Deng Yangyang joins the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Deng Yangyang is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Liu Yiming signs a new deal
- Squad Guo Hao in a row with a teammate
- The dugout Ma Junwei: “That is the standard”