The Henan team started the first practice of winter training, and the replacement of Denich has a target candidate

Reporter Lu Mi reports On November 28, the Henan team began the first training session of the 2025 season, and they are one of the clubs second only to Yunnan Yukun and the early holiday. At present, the club's access materials have been submitted, and the recruitment work is also advancing. It is understood that this year's Henan team's recruitment will not take the form of centralized official announcement on the transfer deadline, and each player signed will be announced to fans in a timely manner.

For a period of time after the end of the Chinese Super League, Henan Club made every effort to prepare for the access work, and submitted the access materials on time on the 25th. In the 2024 season, the club's 30th anniversary, the Henan team has experienced a lot and once again completed the share reform, laying the foundation for a new stage of development. From last year to this year, the change of head coach, the change of management, also affected the results. However, when everything went smoothly and returned to stability, the club decided to take the holiday early and do all the work before the 2025 season to welcome the new season in the best condition.

On November 28th, the first team of the Henan team took a holiday at the Zhongmu base, and the first phase of winter training began. The first practice was led by the Chinese coach, and the South Korean coaching team originally planned to return to the team yesterday, but due to weather conditions, the flight could not take off and could only be postponed for a few days.

Judging from the current training rhythm, the Henan team is a long vacation for two weeks and then a period of time, due to the particularity of physical reserves, the next stage of physical recovery will be a lot. At the beginning of this year, the team's winter training in Guangdong, the amount of training is not small, this year's early holiday, Henan team's physical reserves should be on a higher level.

In terms of personnel, there are only more than 20 players who appeared in the first training, and all of them are domestic players, and foreign aid will not return to the team at this stage. In terms of domestic players, the club previously notified players whose contracts expired that they do not need to return to the team for the time being, so in addition to goalkeeper Wang Guoming, who has renewed his contract, Li Tenglong, Feng Boyuan, Li Songyi, etc. have not appeared. Li Songyi has confirmed that he will not renew his contract, and he will join Yukun when his contract expires next month.

It is understood that many players whose contracts have expired can basically stay in the team last season, and the overall framework has been retained. In the first stage of training, Han Dong, Liu Jiahui, Wang Haoran, Shi Chenglong, etc., who were on loan last season, have all returned to the team, and they have been trained to a certain extent when they were on loan this year, and they have not signed a buyout clause with the opposing club, but whether they can stay depends on whether the winter training can be recognized by coach Nan Jiyi.

In terms of foreign players, in addition to the contract extensions of Maidana and Nasario, and the contract period of Achimpen, Denic and Kovic have confirmed their departures. Therefore, the Henan team wants to introduce a replacement, and there are currently target candidates.

Whether to renew Denich's contract, the club was once more vacillating, after all, he made a lot of contributions, but considering that in Nanjiyi's technical and tactical system, Denich's role is not obvious, and finally gave up the contract renewal.

So, who will replace Denic in midfield? Henan team has a plan, Nasario will undoubtedly become the tactical core, behind him, in addition to Wang Shangyuan, the club will introduce a domestic midfielder in the year of play, that is to say, in the back combination, Henan team is likely to use domestic midfield, at present, the player in this position has three goals, will be confirmed soon.