The cost of bringing in Zeca from Shandong Taishan is estimated at 1.8 million euros, and he is likely to be the "king of CSL transfers" in the winter window, writes Tianjin Daily's Gu Ying. Nowadays, the introduction of CSL foreign aid is popular "bargaining".
Since January 4, the registration and transfer window for the new season of the Chinese Professional Football League (CPFL) has been open for a week. All clubs are still waiting for the CFA to confirm access before official registration of contract renewals and newly introduced players can begin. Sorting out the timing clues. Before the new season officially starts, this is also the most exciting and interesting time when all kinds of information is true and false.
As things stand, foreign aid Zeca, who just arrived in Jinan late the night before, is expected to be paid a transfer fee of 1.8 million euros by Shandong Taishan to bring him in. He is likely to become the king of targets for the introduction of foreign aid in the new season, which is the overall market for the introduction of foreign aid in the Chinese Super League. Compared to Zeca, Shandong Taishan's transfer fee to bring in Fellaini in 2019 is about €7.2 million, four times that of Zeca. The current trend of tightening CSL teams is obvious.
In addition, Zeca's transfer fee of 1.8 million euros is twice as much as last season's bidder Aziz. At the time, it cost 900,000 euros to bring Aziz to the three Wuhan towns. In comparison, it also means that the club's investment this year has picked up from last year.
In the past 10 years, the introduction of foreign aid in the Chinese Super League, recognized as the most crazy period is around 2016, 2017. 2016, Shanghai seaport introduced 18 million euros, Hulk 56 million euros, Jiangsu Suning introduced Ramirez 28 million euros, Teixeira 50 million euros, Martinez, Guangzhou Evergrande introduced Martinez 42 million euros.... Until 2017, Shanghai Harbor introduced Oscar for 60 million euros, which was considered the "peak". Now it seems impossible.
While it's not entirely clear what CSL clubs will be doing to bring in foreign players this year, free agents have to be the preferred target for everyone pursuing them because free agents mean they only have to pay the player's salary, the necessary taxes, and agent commissions, which minimizes expenses.
On the other hand, in order to be more cost-effective and to reduce long-term systemic risk, clubs are more "bargaining" with their players in terms of goals and contract duration when bringing in new foreign aid. Whether or not the foreign aid introduced by each team can ultimately satisfy the fans, it is the result of their best efforts to mobilize funds for operation.
