Prior to his arrest, Evergrande chairman Xu Jiayin had stopped injecting money into Guangzhou Evergrande and the Evergrande Football School. This led to a large number of Evergrande's decorated players joining other Chinese Super League teams or Chinese League One teams to continue their careers. The once glorious Evergrande dynasty collapsed. This season, two former Evergrande players, Zhao Xu Ri and Feng Xia Ting, gathered in the Central League. They joined Guangxi Pingguo Ha Loud and Clear and Dongguan Union, both captains of their respective teams.
Guangxi Pingguo Ha Rang is currently ranked fifth in China's first division and still has hopes of hitting the Chinese Super League. In order to help the team realize the beyond goal, the club not long ago spared no effort to hire the former head coach of the national football team, Alihan as the team's technical director. He is responsible for the team's youth training management and transfer operations. Alihan has returned to Chinese soccer after many years. Although Alihan has retreated to the background this time, Guangxi Apple Harring still hopes that he can help the team to achieve higher goals in the training of young players and transfer operations. This season, as the China First Division is coming to an end, Alihan, who serves as the team's technical director, may be in pain to talk about Apple.
Many people know Zhao Xuri because of the World Junior Championship that year, which was known as the amazing long-distance shot. Zhao Xuri became a regular in China's national team at all levels, and was also a mainstay of Evergrande in its heyday. He was also a starter for Evergrande in their heyday, helping them win the Chinese Super League four times and the AFC Champions League twice. But as he grew older, Zhao's form declined significantly and he was unable to gain a foothold in the Chinese Super League.After leaving Evergrande in 2016, Zhao has also played for a number of Chinese Super League and Chinese League One teams, including Tianjin Quanjian, Dalian Ren, and Sichuan Jiuniu. Earlier this year, at the age of 37, Zhao Xuri still had no intention of retiring, so he joined Chinese first division team Guangxi.
Zhao Xuri has scored one goal in 22 games for China A this season. Guangxi Pingguo Ha Rang is a team determined to make an impact on the Chinese Super League. However, Zhao Xuri, who is about to turn 38 years old, is not in the team's long-term plan. Moreover, his declining form was the main reason why the club canceled his contract with Zhao Xuri. Zhao Xuri and his National Youth League teammates, such as Zhou Lin and Chen Tao, caught up with China's era of gold-dollar soccer and amassed great wealth during their stints at Evergrande. Even if China A canceled his contract, Zhao Xuri would still be able to live quite a luxurious life.
And after the end of this season, Evergrande's meritorious players, including Zhao Xu Ri, Feng Xia Ting and Wu Lin, are likely to announce their retirement one after another. This means that the players of Evergrande dynasty will also withdraw from Chinese soccer one after another, and the most glorious night of Chinese soccer will also become history.
