Reporter Lu Mi reports As the team with the shortest holiday in the Chinese Super League, Yunnan Yukun, a promoted team, started winter training at the end of November last year, and after a period of physical reserves, the team took a break to recuperate. Recently, the team regrouped in Yuxi and entered the second phase of winter training, and plans to go to Thailand on January 7 to start overseas training.

At this stage, the team has frequent personnel in and out, and there are as many as 21 players in the team whose contracts have expired or left the team. The resulting personnel gap is also relatively large, the first team has ushered in Zhang Yufeng, Li Songyi and other new domestic signings, four new foreign aid places, the remaining center and winger are still in negotiation, central defender Crnomakovic and the back inside has been basically locked.

Domestic players "change more than half"

Yunnan Yukun started winter training early in the new season, and the introduction of personnel is also in full swing. In last season's 33-man squad, Du Jinlong, Liu Yuhao, Zang Yifeng, Li Guangwen, Cui Ming'an, Liu Yi, Zhong Haoran, Chen Chenzhenyang and other 17 domestic players whose contracts expired, and they left Yunnan Yukun due to personal choice or due to the team's technical and tactical choice.

Last season's main goalkeeper Yao Haoyang left the team after his loan contract expired. The veteran captain Liu Yi chose to retire after last season and will join the coaching staff in the new season. Obviously, there is still a big gap in the domestic players.

As a promoted horse, Yukun's first task in the new season is relegation, after all, Yukun is for Yunnan football, it is the first time to return to the top league after 21 years, and it is the first time that Yunnan teams have played the Chinese Super League.

With the launch of the second phase of the training camp, some new signings have gradually appeared. First of all, in the goalkeeper position, last season's main Yao Haoyang left, the team loaned Ma Zhen from Shanghai Shenhua, and introduced Geng Xiaofeng, whose contract with Chengdu Rongcheng expired, plus Yu Jianxian completed the contract renewal, and the three goalkeepers of the new season were officially settled.

The midfield and backfield are the main places to replenish personnel. At the back, the team brought in Shijiazhuang Kung Fu captain Zhang Chenliang, who made 28 appearances in the Chinese League last season and scored three goals. At the age of 26, Zhang Chenliang is also more suitable for long-term use of Yukun. In addition, 23-year-old Guangxi Pingguo Hajiao fullback Zhang Xiangshuo also started the second phase of winter training with Yukun. Li Songyi, a central defender whose contract with the Henan team expired, came to Yuxi at this stage and began to participate in Yukun's winter training. In terms of midfield, Meizhou midfielder Ye Chugui, Yatai midfielder Zhang Yufeng, and Guoan midfielder Duan Dezhi all arrived as scheduled.

Judging from the current personnel combination, the general framework of domestic players in the midfield and backfield in the new season has taken shape, and domestic players still need to be introduced in the forward position.

The four new foreign aid have been decided

In terms of foreign players, of the three foreign players last season, Rabouad and Musekwe still have contracts at the end of the season, but the club respects the player's wishes and agrees to terminate their contracts. Dalian Kuncheng has officially announced the signing of Mu Xiekui, and Rabuyard has also appeared on Dalian InBev's training ground. Another foreign player, Jonicha will stay in the team to play in the new season of the Chinese Super League. According to the quota of foreign aid in the Chinese Super League, Yunnan Yukun will introduce four foreign aid in the new season.

Previously, Yukun and the former Cangzhou foreign aid Oscar have signed a contract, and the naturalization work of Oscar is still steadily advancing, and the club will position him as a domestic player after the successful naturalization in the new season.

Of the remaining four foreign positions, the first choice was centre-back, and the club looked for a number of candidates, and finally chose Serbian central defender Crnomakovic, 31 years old, 1.88 meters tall, who plays for Vojvodina. At present, the Yukun club has finalized the contract with him, and the player has arrived in Yuxi on January 5 to join Yukun.

In the back position, Yukun first talked about Yatai's foreign aid Zoe, and the two sides were once very close, but in the end Zoe still chose to join the Thai Super League team. Yukun then launched Plan B, recently targeting the Portuguese midfielder who plays in the Polish Premier League. According to foreign media reports, the midfielder is currently worth 900,000 euros and was once teammates with Cressan. The club and Nene are currently in talks about the details of his contract, and he will join the team in Thailand as soon as possible. The remaining two foreign aid places, Yukun Club placed in the forward and winger positions, and the specific personnel are yet to be determined.

With the personnel in place, the second phase of Yunnan Yukun's winter training is mainly based on running in the new season's techniques and tactics, and on January 7, the first team will go to Thailand for training, planning to play at least three warm-up games in Thailand.