The Wuhan Three Towns Courier
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Wei Minzhe says Wuhan Three Towns went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad5 Mar 2029
A day Gustavo Sauer will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Player ratings5 Mar 2029
Gustavo Sauer, 35, rolls back the years — 9.62
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 9.62 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market5 Mar 2029
Abdurehman is a Wuhan Three Towns player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Tempers go at Wuhan Three Towns
Min Zixi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Wuhan Three Towns
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match3 Mar 2029
Wuhan Three Towns get the job done against Shandong Taishan
A 3‑2 win over Shandong Taishan, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Words at Wuhan Three Towns training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gustavo Sauer is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets5 Mar 2029
Vojvodina tell Wuhan Three Towns: Veljko Mladenović 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.
In brief
- The terraces Wuhan Three Towns supporters have found a favourite in Zhang Chengrui
- Market Yan Yu steps up from the Wuhan Three Towns academy
- Market One of our own: Lyu Hao joins the Wuhan Three Towns first team