The Yunnan Yukun Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Han Zilong has said yes to Shanghai Port
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Yunnan Yukun have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market10 Aug 2026
Yunnan Yukun turn down Sydney FC for Oscar Maritu
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
Dong Yifan gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Dong Yifan has just signed for Yunnan Yukun, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Yunnan Yukun
Dong Yifan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Arturo Cheng
Yunnan Yukun asked and Beijing Guoan said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Liao Weijie steps up from the Yunnan Yukun academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liao Weijie 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
One of our own: Ma Long joins the Yunnan Yukun first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ma Long is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Yunnan Yukun lose Chen Kanglin
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Han Zilong
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Han Zilong, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad Zhang Yufeng falls out with a teammate over standards
- Match Yunnan Yukun and Changchun Yatai cancel each other out