V.League mid-season transfer market: Closed with a series of blockbusters

All teams in V.League 2019 participate in the mid-season transfer market for the goals in the second half of the season. Most clubs choose players who are familiar with the Vietnamese football environment as well as have more or less affirmed their expertise at their old teams, instead of trying out and signing "lucky" contracts like in previous seasons.

Ho Chi Minh City is the most active club in the mid-season transfer period. Photo: GOAL

1. In the top half of the rankings, the first-leg champion team said goodbye to two players who helped them stay in the league last season, Matias Jadue and Joel Vinicius. Matias Jadue was confirmed to be injured and will not be able to participate in the remaining matches of the season. Meanwhile, Joel Vinicius, according to many sources, did not have a common voice with the coaching staff of the team from the city named after Uncle Ho. Immediately after that, this team immediately had a replacement with a contract named Victor Mansaray, the best performing star in the Becamex Binh Duong squad and foreign player Ismahil Akinade from Nigeria.

2. The breakup between Ho Chi Minh City and Vinicius has created conditions for SLNA to unexpectedly get the Brazilian striker while the Nghe An team is actively looking for a partner with Olaha to improve the attack which was not effective in the first leg. Before that, SLNA also terminated the contract with the disappointment named Alves dos Santos.

SLNA is lucky to have a quality contract named Vinicius. Photo archive

3. After parting ways with Thiago Moura, Saigon quickly brought in Gustavo Santos, a Brazilian midfielder who played for Viettel in the first half of the season. Despite his height of 1m95, Gustavo Santos could not compete for a starting position in 5 months playing for Viettel. He had to leave the army team to join Saigon FC. Besides Gustavo Santos, Saigon FC also successfully recruited striker Dinh Bao (Hai Phong) and defender Hung Phong (Viettel youth). This team is showing its determination to make a strong comeback in phase 2 of V-League 2019.

Samson came to Quang Nam with the responsibility of helping the team escape the bottom group. Photo: QNK Quang Nam Club

4. Hanoi FC only has one addition in the center-back position named Dinh Tien Thanh from Thanh Hoa and a foreign player named Papa Ibou Kebe to replace Oseni who is injured and out for the rest of the season.

When the direct competitor for the relegation ticket, Quang Nam, got Samson, Sanna Khanh Hoa also immediately added player Patiyo Tambwe from Nam Dinh. This player will replace Warley Oliveira, the player who suffered a knee injury and was forced to say goodbye to the Nha Trang team after the first half of the season. After that, Sanna Khanh Hoa also signed a contract with naturalized striker Nguyen Trung Dai Duong. This team is strengthening its force with the hope of successfully staying in the league in the second half of the season.

5. Stevens won the lawsuit against Hai Phong FC because the club kept all of his labor contracts and the team from the city of phoenix flowers had to pay the striker 5 billion VND. Immediately after that, Stevens officially joined Thanh Hoa from the second leg of V.League.

Hai Phong also said goodbye to Quoc Trung and Dinh Bao and welcomed Dinh Luat and Hoang Vissai.

SHB Da Nang welcomes the striker who helped SLNA win the National U21 Championship. Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Club

6. SHB Da Nang has also completed the contract with striker Vo Ly. The striker from Hue left Ho Chi Minh City Club a few days ago. In the first leg of V-League 2019, Vo Ly did not participate in the achievement of finishing first in the table of coach Chung Hae Seong and his team.

The contract between Vo Ly and SHB Da Nang will last for 3 years. SHB Da Nang has also acquired Brazilian winger Bernardo Frizoni and Cameroonian striker Aimé Djicka Gassissou. The first name has a lot of experience in the Slovakian, Czech, Hungarian national championships and also had a short time in Israel. To make room for this duo, SHB Da Nang will have to remove Dominik Schmitt and Victor Bonifacio, players who played poorly in the first leg of V.League 2019. The two new recruits of SHB both started in the draw against SLNA.

Viettel bid farewell to first leg top scorer Joal Paulo. Photo: Goal

7. Viettel also chose for themselves the last foreign player after parting ways with Kayo Dias and Joao Paulo, that is right winger Jean Carlos Cloth Goncalves. The player born in 1993 is a Brazilian national and used to play in the K-League, in the Daegu club shirt, in the 2018 season. The team with the same score as Viettel after the first leg, HAGL, also has the addition of Felipe Martins in the striker position and the return of Luong Xuan Truong from Buriram United.

Xuan Truong returned to HAGL after an unsuccessful performance in the Thai League. Photo: Buriram United

After getting new contracts, the clubs all hope that the new names will soon integrate to bring their team to the expected goals.