A number of Chinese Super League (CSL) teams are not doing well after the ebbing of golden dollar soccer. Last season's Chinese Super League champion Wuhan Sanzhen officially announced that the club's investors will no longer inject capital into Wuhan Sanzhen. Wuhan Three Town is willing to sell the club for zero transfer. Wuhan Sanzhen is willing to sell the club for zero transfer and contribute the training base currently being used by the team to the new employer for free. After Wuhan Sanzhen announced that it would no longer inject capital into the team, the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau entered the Wuhan Sanzhen club to preside over the overall situation and actively search for a new employer for the team. As things stand, Wuhan Sanzhen should not be dissolved and completely withdrawn from the Chinese Professional Football League like former Super League champions Jiangsu Suning.
In addition to Wuhan Sanzhen, Chinese Super League champions Beijing Guoan also suffered a serious debt crisis.In 2017, Zhonghe Group took over the operation of Beijing Guoan from Midwest. Sino Group entered Beijing Guoan in the midst of the Chinese Super League's golden dollar era. Like Guangzhou Evergrande, Hebei Huaxia Happiness, Shanghai Shenhua and a number of other gold masters with real estate backgrounds, Zhonghe Group also invested a large amount of money to invest in Beijing Guoan. It has helped Beijing Guoan introduce high-level foreign aid such as Augusto and Bieira. Even invited the manager Schmidt, who led Benfica to play the role of Champions League dark horse last season, to coach. However, C&C did not invest heavily.
After the golden dollar era of the Chinese Super League receded, CNH Group, like its real estate companies, suffered a cold winter. In order to help CNN Group through the economic crisis, CNN Group had no choice but to use the equity of Guoan Club as collateral and keep financing from financial institutions. It is reported that under C&W Group's continuous financing, the debt of Guoan Club has increased dramatically, and Guoan Club has been exposed to several scandals of salary arrears and has been banned by FIFA several times. It is understood that under the financing operation of Zhonghe Group, the debt of Beijing Guoan Club has reached 3.2 billion yuan. Under such unfavorable circumstances, Zhonghe Group could not come up with corresponding funds to help the club.
However, from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before Sino Group withdraws from Beijing Guoan, which means that Beijing Guoan will become the second Chinese Super League champion team after Wuhan Sanzhen, which may become a change of ownership this summer. According to the latest news disclosed by domestic media, JD.COM Group, which provided chest jersey sponsorship to Beijing Guoan this season, is likely to replace Zhonghe Group as the new owner of Beijing Guoan. In addition, CITIC Group, which has been running Guoan for many years, is likely to buy back Beijing Guoan's shares to help Guoan through its financial crisis.
Personally, I think that as a Chinese Super League champion team and a capital city team, Beijing Guoan's influence and commercial value is immeasurable. It shouldn't be difficult to find a new employer. Whether it's JD.COM Group or CITIC Group, taking over the management of Guoan FC could help Beijing Guoan get through the immediate crisis, provide a large amount of signing funds, and help the team strengthen its roster in an effort to win back the Chinese Super League title as soon as possible. Sino Group ran Beijing Guoan for six years, leaving the team with a huge debt of 3.2 billion yuan, and then left in a hurry.
