The Yunnan Yukun Courier
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Fang Jingqi: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Yunnan Yukun have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Andrei Burcă signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andrei Burcă commits to Yunnan Yukun for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Oscar Maritu wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Yunnan Yukun can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Alexandru Ioniţă 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 Yunnan Yukun this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Li Yang out for 35 days
The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Li Yang, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Yunnan Yukun
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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Yunnan Yukun come up short against Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
John Hou Sæter gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market8 Mar 2027
Sun Jiabao steps up from the Yunnan Yukun academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sun Jiabao 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 Han Hao steps up from the Yunnan Yukun academy
- Market One of our own: Lyu Yiming joins the Yunnan Yukun first team
- Market Yunnan Yukun promote Deng Tao from within