A number of international-level reinforcements have joined Chengdu Rongcheng, and there is still room for entry in the frontcourt

Reporter Lu Mi reports On January 3, Chengdu Rongcheng started preparations for the new season at the base. Compared with other teams, Chengdu Rongcheng closed the holiday relatively late, mainly because last season completed the goal of entering the AFC Champions League, which is a historic breakthrough for Chengdu City and this team.

After a long break, Chengdu Rongcheng Club and the first team have undergone major personnel changes. Chengdu Rongcheng is still the focus of the Chinese Super League in this transfer period, taking the lead in winning Liu Dianzuo, Han Pengfei, Liao Lisheng and other international-level powerful players.

Chengdu Rongcheng gathered at the base this time, and many fans came to hear the news and saw many new faces for the first time. Among the new recruits who arrived in the team on the evening of January 2, goalkeeper Liu Dianzuo is very eye-catching. As a powerful goalkeeper with little circulation in the winter market, Liu Dianzuo's joining can be said to make Chengdu fans ecstatic.

In the goalkeeper position, Chengdu Rongcheng has a need for reinforcement, because in addition to Jian Tao, Zhang Yan and Geng Xiaofeng have to leave the team, so they must introduce corresponding players as supplements. Previously, Rongcheng has been comparing Shenhua's Ma Zhen and Wuhan Three Towns' Liu Dianzuo, Liu Dianzuo has been the goalkeeper of the national team before, and the competitiveness is relatively strong. Liu Dianzuo received invitations from a number of clubs in this winter market, and as a result, he chose Chengdu Rongcheng, which has an AFC Champions League platform this year.

From this point of view, the history set by Chengdu Rongcheng last year is very attractive to them in the transfer market. On the night that Liu Dianzuo came to Chengdu, the Chinese Football Association announced the first training list of the national team in 2025, but this time Liu Dianzuo was not included, and Han Jiaqi and Jian Tao were replaced. Jian Tao, as the main goalkeeper of Chengdu Rongcheng last season, performed well all season, and Liu Dianzuo has been famous for a long time and has a lot of experience in the Asian arena.

In addition to the goalkeeper position this year, Chengdu Rongcheng continued to strengthen the midfield.

At the beginning of last season, because of the goal of hitting the AFC Champions League, Chengdu Rongcheng has made a lot of reinforcements in the midfield and back line, Li Yang, Yan Dinghao, Dong Yanfeng all arrived, and in last year's league, a relatively good rotation was initially formed. This year, because of the multi-front operation, the game tasks have increased, so the reserve of rotation personnel and the personal ability of players are more demanding, Xu Zhengyuan has also mentioned many times that this year needs to strengthen the reinforcements.

In the new season, there are basically no major changes to the foreign aid framework of Chengdu Rongcheng, except for Palacios, the other four foreign players continue to play in the team. Palacios' replacement, the club is actively confirming.

In terms of domestic players, among the players who participated in the first training camp of winter training this time, the central defenders are Han Pengfei and Yuan Mincheng, and the midfielder is Liao Lisheng. Among the original midfielders, Mai Tijiang, Yan Dinghao, Zhou Dingyang, Feng Zhuoyi, and Gan Chao rotated last season, and Xu Zhengyuan had his own rules of use. This year, Xu Zhengyuan once again focused on this position, and the goal is not only to continue to rotate the midfield lineup, but also to be more efficient and the quality of rotation to be better. Liao Lisheng has previously entered the national team and is a very experienced midfielder, and his arrival will improve the competitiveness of the entire midfield.

On the defensive line, the arrival of Han Pengfei and Yuan Mincheng is based on the consideration of replenishing personnel and enhancing positional combat strength. Last season, Chengdu Rongcheng had a lot of personnel introduced in the defensive line, and with the cooperation of Timo, Chengdu Rongcheng was the team that conceded the third fewest goals in the Chinese Super League. In the original defensive framework, Chengdu Rongcheng and Yang Yiming's contract renewal did not go well, Yang Yiming claimed that his contract with Chengdu Rongcheng expired on January 31 this year, but on January 4, Shenzhen Xinpeng City opened the first training day of the new season, he has quietly appeared in the Shenzhen team. In addition, defender Yang Fan may also leave the team.

Yuan Mincheng previously played for Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, partnered with central defender Yang Shuai, and then played for Shenzu and Changchun Yatai, he made a total of 21 appearances in the Changchun Yatai team last season, 17 starts, and the overall competitive form was maintained relatively well. Han Pengfei is also a player eagerly awaited by Chengdu fans, he is a standing player for Ivankovic to coach the national team, and on the day he arrived in Chengdu, he received the latest training call-up from the national team. The arrival of Han Pengfei also added another member to the international camp in the Chengdu Rongcheng lineup.

In terms of the introduction of domestic players, Chengdu Rongcheng is not over at present. In terms of the original strikers in the team, the contract renewal negotiations between Chengdu Rongcheng and Tang Chuang are not going well, and there is still room for advancement in the front court in the future.

Chengdu Rongcheng plans to travel to Haikou on January 5 to kick off the first phase of training after a period of recovery training at the base, and the second phase of winter training will be played in Abu Dhabi, where it will play warm-up matches against some high-level teams.