Former Chinese Super League (CSL) Beijing Guoan FC majority shareholder CITIC Group has sold Czech team FC Ravia to Czech tycoon Pavel Tikac for 640 million yuan, according to a report by Czech media outlet Sport.cz.In 2018, when the CSL was in its golden dollar era, CITIC Group financed the acquisition of a majority stake in Slavia Prague. The Czech team also became a satellite club of Beijing Guoan. Under CITIC's control, Beijing Guoan sends some of its best young players to Prague Slavia for tryouts every year. With the efforts of Beijing Guoan, Slavia Prague got rid of the economic crisis and sold Slavia Prague, bidding farewell to CITIC.
After acquiring a majority stake in Beijing Guoan from CITIC Group, Sino Group has not led Beijing Guoan to a breakthrough in performance in the era of gold dollar soccer. In recent years, real estate companies have suffered a cold winter. In order to alleviate the financial pressure, Sino Group even used Beijing Guoan's shares as collateral to borrow from banks. This led to Beijing Guoan club's debt and salary arrears, and was even banned by FIFA. The quality of Beijing Guoan's foreign aid in recent seasons has been a cause for concern. According to Croatian media, hrsport reported that Dabbro, who was rented to Latvia by Guoan last season, does not want to return to Beijing Guoan in the new season. It is worth noting that prior to joining Beijing Guoan, Daburo played with Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb with a highlight reel of 13 goals in 27 matches. The player's agent is reportedly working on getting him back to a European side and he is expected to return to the Croatian side in the winter window.
In addition to Dabbro, Brazilian midfielder De Souza, who joined Beijing Guoan from the Turkish league last season, did not play for Beijing Guoan in the second half of the league due to injury. According to Turkish media reports ajansspor "Guoan foreign aid de Souza will reportedly join the Turkish Super Club Istanbul. It is understood that De Sousa has flown to Turkey, ready to sign a contract with Istanbul next Tuesday to return to Turkish soccer. It is worth mentioning that China's only overseas player Wu Shaocong is also owned by Istanbul FC. However, Wu Shao Cong is currently on loan from the club to Turkish First Division side Young United FC. If Wu Shao Cong performs well during his loan period, he will likely be recalled by Istanbul and he will have the opportunity to play alongside De Souza next season.
Beijing Guoan will also arrive in Portugal next month on the 9th for training and preparation for the new season. Guoan's head coach Luis Suarez is also tasked with choosing a new foreign aid for Beijing Guoan. In the second half of last season, Soares took over Guoan to lead the team and achieved good results. I wonder if the Portuguese coach can bring new changes to Guoan's signings in the new season.
