In 2004, Xiao's contract with Qingdao expired, and he joined Shanghai Shenhua on a free transfer. The officially announced value is as high as 4.2 million yuan, but it is widely believed that the actual transaction price far exceeds this figure, approaching10 million. Xiao, who made a successful transfer, is also one of the few players in China football who got a five-year long-term contract. At the end of 2005, after Dewey went to the Scottish Celtics, Xiao took over as the captain of Shenhua Club.
At the beginning of 2007, Shenhua United City merged and became one of the "four captains". However, on June 5438+065438+ 10, 2007, Xiao Zhanbo was severely punished by the club's annual salary for half a year because he was arranged as a substitute before the game and left the team without authorization, and was dubbed "the gate of war". However, in 2008, he was still selected for the China national team, and re-entered the main lineup of Shenhua in the second half of the season, and still insisted on playing for the team before and after his mother died.
Strikers: Sol Martinez, Drogba and Riascos.