Bustling mid-season transfer market in V.League 2023

Race of the "rich"

Just over a week into the mid-season transfer window, there have already been some big names making their way onto the scene.V.League 2023. First of all, it is the case of the team from Thanh Nam. After ending the contract with the African striker duo, the Nam Dinh Steel Club quickly signed a contract with two Brazilian players, Douglas Coutinho and midfielder Andre Luiz. These are players of quite high quality, having competed in many famous tournaments around the world. Among them, the most prominent is striker Douglas Coutinho, who used to play for the U23 Brazil team.

With the addition of two quality foreign players, Nam Dinh Green Steel Club hopes to improve its poor scoring performance, as after 11 rounds they have only scored 9 goals.

Nam Dinh Green Steel Club has replaced both foreign players of African origin because they did not meet the requirements. Photo: VPF

In addition to the two notable foreign players above, the team from Thanh Nam also plans to add more high-quality domestic players. That is midfielder To Van Vu on loan from Hanoi Police and most likely national player Vu Van Thanh. Clearly, the Nam Dinh Steel Club is spending heavily on the transfer market to become a dragon this season.

Another notable name is Hanoi Club. Being only ranked 3rd after 11 rounds is a bad result for the reigning V.League 2022 Champion. This result comes partly from the ineffectiveness of foreign players. Therefore, Hanoi Club is expected to "renew" all 3 foreign players. First is the appearance of Costa Rican attacking midfielder - Elias Aguilar. This is a player who has played in Korea, Mexico and Costa Rica. In addition, he also has 2 goals for the Costa Rican National Team after 20 appearances.

In addition, the Capital team is also actively looking for an Asian player to prepare for the AFC Champions League. With its potential, Mr. Hien's team will certainly bring in high-quality foreign players, ready for the race to the 2023 V.League championship.

Striker Lucao temporarily leaves Hanoi Club to join SHB Da Nang. Photo: VPF

Another team that will also have a lot of changes is Hanoi Police. With the 2nd position on the rankings and only 1 point behind the top team Dong A Thanh Hoa, the Police team will certainly add quality personnel to be able to win the championship this season. It is very likely that they will add moremidfielder Nguyen Quang Haiand 2 other national players (1 central defender and 1 midfielder). In addition, they will also replace 1 foreign player in the remaining stage of the season. However, up to this point, Hanoi Police have only loaned defender Huynh Tan Tai to Ho Chi Minh City Club and midfielder To Van Vu to Nam Dinh Green Steel Club.

Struggling to avoid relegation

While the top group is trying to add more players to compete for the championship, the bottom group is also actively recruiting players to avoid relegation. That is the move to terminate the contracts of 2 foreign players who did not play well for SHB Da Nang. They immediately added quality foreign player Lucao and young defender Le Van Ha from Hanoi Club.

Certainly in the coming time, coach Pham Minh Duc's team will continue to have new personnel to enhance the quality of the squad. With these quality additions, SHB Da Nang hopes to avoid relegation this season, when after 11 rounds they are at the bottom of the rankings with only 6 points.

Also in the bottom group is Ho Chi Minh City Club. Although coach Vu Tien Thanh's team has a very strong attack, their defense is too bad. After 11 matches, Ho Chi Minh City Club has conceded 26 goals. Therefore, the team from the city named after Uncle Ho is urgently recruiting players to strengthen the defense. That is the old player Brendon Lucas to replace foreign player Jonathan Campbell and defender Huynh Tan Tai on loan from Hanoi Police. With these additions, coach Vu Tien Thanh's team hopes to improve their position on the rankings in the remaining period of the season.

Center-back Brendon Lucas will reunite with Ho Chi Minh City Club in the remaining stages of V.League 2023. Photo: VPF

Another team that needs to make personnel changes to escape relegation is Becamex Binh Duong. With the addition of center-back Cassius to replace Senegalese player Ndiaye Guy, coach Le Huynh Duc hopes the Brazilian player will help strengthen the rather loose defense of the team in Thu. In addition, Becamex Binh Duong is also looking for a quality foreign player to replace midfielder Moses Oloya, who has lost his form.

In addition to the above teams, Hai Phong Club and Viettel Club also had personnel changes in this mid-season transfer period. That is the addition of Egyptian striker Mohamed Essam to replace injured striker Geovane at Viettel Club.

Striker Carlos Alfonso Fernandez failed to meet the expectations of the Hai Phong Club coaching staff. Photo: VPF

Meanwhile, the Hai Phong team is also testing two players who used to play for the U20 Brazil team to replace the duo Carlos Alfonso Fernandez and Bicou Bissainthe. Notably, striker Yuri Mamute, who used to play for two top teams in the Brazilian national championship, Gremio and Botafogo. It is clear that coach Chu Dinh Nghiem is looking for quality foreign players to recreate the runner-up achievement of last season.

Besides the teams that are quite strong in the transfer market, there are also many teams that are "lying still". These are clubs that are temporarily satisfied with their current squads such as Dong A Thanh Hoa or Hong Linh Ha Tinh. Or clubs that are having financial difficulties and do not dare to "spend too much" such as Khanh Hoa Club andLam River Nghe AnPerhaps the urgent task of these clubs is to try to retain their key players to complete the set goals.

Keeping key players is the task of financially struggling teams like Song Lam Nghe An. Photo courtesy of VPF

There is still a lot of time left in the mid-season transfer window of V.League 2023. Fans across the country hope to see more blockbusters appear. And those additions promise to bring fierce and attractive races in the rest of V.League 2023./.

Spring Quy