The Henan FC Post
Squad5 Mar 2029
Chen Pu breaks a bone — 53 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 53 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Xu Jiamin keeps Henan FC in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market5 Mar 2029
Yunnan Yukun come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Henan FC did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Wang Yiwei says Henan FC 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
Arinze Udeh Clinton 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 Henan FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Henan FC
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.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Rafael Kantê frozen out at Henan FC
This is not rotation. Rafael Kantê has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Henan FC is pretending otherwise.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Jaume Grau 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.
Player ratings5 Mar 2029
Wang Yiwei beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- Transfer targets San Telmo tell Henan FC: Facundo Blasco is not for sale
- Market One of our own: Tian Wei joins the Henan FC first team
- Market One of our own: Liu Boqing joins the Henan FC first team