The Yunnan Yukun Courier
Match1 Aug 2026
Oscar Maritu settles it late for Yunnan Yukun
The 86th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Oscar Maritu decided nobody was going anywhere. Zhejiang FC had no time left to answer.
Market3 Aug 2026
Yunnan Yukun turn down Perth Glory 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Oscar Maritu stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Oscar Maritu and Yunnan Yukun agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Alexandru Ioniţă 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 Yunnan Yukun know it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Yunnan Yukun
Oscar Maritu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Shenzhen Peng City tell Yunnan Yukun: Ge Yifan 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Oscar Maritu the difference as Yunnan Yukun beat Zhejiang FC
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Oscar Maritu. 2‑1 against Zhejiang FC, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market3 Aug 2026
Dalian Yingbo join the queue for Li Biao
Add another name to the list: Dalian Yingbo have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Li Biao. The answer from Yunnan Yukun has not changed — yet.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tsui Wang Kit 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Yunnan Yukun try to borrow Carlos Abeldaño
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Market 49 months and counting on John Hou Sæter