On July 11, Shanghai SIPG officially announced that Fernando has joined the team on loan. Zhu Yi, the administrator of Transfermarkt, has also answered questions about Fernando’s registration status on social media.
Zhu Yi wrote on social media:
1. The Chinese Super League regulations stipulate that each team can register one non-blood-related naturalized player who has been naturalized for five years or who can represent the Chinese national team as a domestic player. Fernando was registered as a domestic player for Shandong Taishan, and this quota was previously vacant for Shanghai SIPG. Fernando will be registered as a domestic player for Shanghai SIPG and will not occupy a foreign player registration quota.
2. Fernando leaves Shandong Taishan, making this quota vacant. Another naturalized player, Delgado, has already been registered as a naturalized player who occupies a foreign player quota this year, occupying one foreign player registration quota. According to the regulations, the registration and registration status of the same naturalized player cannot be changed in the same season. Therefore, Delgado will continue to occupy the foreign player registration quota. He cannot re-occupy the quota vacated by Fernando, and there is no such thing as “thus leaving a foreign player quota vacant.”
3. In the upcoming Asian Champions League Elite League, Fernando will be a domestic player for Shanghai SIPG. Delgado can also be registered as a domestic player for Shandong Taishan in the Asian Champions League Elite League, unaffected by the registration status of the Chinese league. However, the Asian Champions League Elite League does not limit the number of foreign players registered, so the distinction between domestic and foreign players is not significant.
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