V.League 2023 Transfer: Each family has its own story
(Baonghean.vn) - The deadline for registering additional players and replacing them in the middle of the 2023 season for 14 V.League teams will end on July 3. Up to now, most teams have not risked changing their squad when the squad has stabilized.
Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa "sit still"
The group of clubs that did not have any additions or replacements in the first mid-season transfer period must include Dong A Thanh Hoa. The Thanh team's squad is not too excellent, but under the hands of coach Velizar Popov, Dong A Thanh Hoa is a direct competitor with Cong An Ha Noi in the championship race.
Compared to strikers with quite stable scoring form like Bruno Catanhede (7 goals), striker Conrado seems to not meet expectations with only 2 goals, but in return, Dong A Thanh Hoa has evenness in all lines and many positions that can score. Even center back Gustavo Santana also scored 3 goals, enough to see the diversity in the playing style of this team.
The next team that has no changes in personnel is Hong Linh Ha Tinh. The similarity between the Central representatives is that the domestic players do not have many stars, the foreign players are not too outstanding, but the playing style and the professional mark of the head coach are very large. Therefore, the quality of the squad is not a problem for coach Thanh Cong or Velizar Popov at this time.
With Song Lam Nghe An, the Nghe An team after having new head coach Phan Nhu Thuat, the playing style has become sharper and the performance has improved significantly. With a policy of giving priority to young players to try their hand,Lam River Nghe AnNot adding more personnel is completely understandable. Song Lam Nghe An currently owns 3 foreign players, 1 central defender and 2 strikers. The face that creates the most anxiety is central defender Vytas but there are still Que Ngoc Hai, Dinh Hoang or Nam Hai who can play alongside to support in the 3 central defender formation. There have been rumors about Que Ngoc Hai leaving but this information is completely incorrect.
In attack, Michael Olaha and Soladio have become more in tune and understand each other after 12 matches. Although behind them there are no experienced and classy midfielders, the striker pair of Song Lam Nghe An still brought home a total of 9 goals for the home team. Compared to previous seasons, it is clear that this year the scoring record of Song Lam Nghe An's foreign strikers has improved significantly.
On the other hand, at this time, there is no source of quality foreign players coming to V.League, the foreign players in the above teams are all familiar with the way of playing and adding and replacing foreign players needs time to integrate and is really a very risky gamble and does not bring efficiency. Just like Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Song Lam Nghe An, Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Khanh Hoa are not active in the mid-season transfer market. Any fluctuations at this time can cause the teams to deviate from the established rotation.
Tense championship race and relegation
On the contrary, the other half of V.League is actively looking for players with two goals, one is to compete for relegation, the other is to increase strength to compete for the championship. Ho Chi Minh City Club said goodbye to 4 players Minh Nhat, Trung Vinh, Thanh Khoi and foreign player Jonny Campbell to bring in 3 faces Brendon Lucas, Huynh Tan Tai and Bui Ngoc Long. Meanwhile, Becamex Binh Duong also liquidated 2 foreign players Moses Oloya, Guy Olivier N'Diaye to bring in 2 names Nicolas Olsen and Cassius. It is worth mentioning that Nicolas Olsen is the player who does not meet the professional requirements at SHB Da Nang. This additional replacement is not really appreciated and is too risky.
Not only did SHB Da Nang liquidate Olsen, they also parted ways with striker Rodrigo Dias to bring in three new recruits Lucao Do Break, Le Van Ha, and Wilson James from the Hanoi club. These are three very high-quality players who can completely help the Han River team recover. After a period of stagnation, the Hai Phong club also managed to add player Yuri Mamute from Brazil to replace Carlos Fernandez, who was too lackluster in attack.
Finally, the group of football teams ranked as "big" in V.League such as Viettel, Hanoi Club, Hanoi Police and Nam Dinh and Binh Dinh Steel Blue also had changes in personnel but all had different purposes.
For Hanoi club, saying goodbye to 3 good players to let them join SHB Da Nang also has another purpose: to improve the squad to aim for the continental tournament. Currently, Hanoi club has only added Caion but in the next few days, other names will certainly be revealed.
It was quite a surprise for TopenLand Binh Dinh when the team, which had been heavily invested in, was planning to part with its best strikers and bring back Nnamani - a player that Nam Dinh had liquidated because he was not suitable. Up to this point, the most aggressive players in the transfer market were still Cong An Ha Noi and Thep Xanh Nam Dinh. The capital team clearly showed its championship goal when bringing in blockbusters Quang Hai, Filip Nguyen and Raphael Success. Meanwhile, Nam Dinh also added To Van Vu (from Cong An Ha Noi), 2 new foreign players Douglas Coutinho and Andre Luiz to improve their performance compared to expectations.
There will likely be no more blockbusters in the V.League 2023 in the near future. Looking at the teams' preparations for phase II, it seems that the championship race really only includes Cong An Hanoi, Dong A Thanh Hoa and Hanoi Club. Meanwhile, in the relegation group, Khanh Hoa and B. Binh Duong bring more worries to fans than their opponents./.
