Recently, Evergrande Group chairman Xu Jiayin has been formally arrested, news that has shocked the global and Chinese soccer world. During the heyday of Hui's leadership of Evergrande Group's Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club, the team was hailed as Asia's top giants, winning eight Chinese Super League titles and two AFC Champions League titles, creating a historical record in Chinese soccer. However, due to the constant negative press surrounding Xu and the Evergrande Group, the outside world's opinion of the Chinese soccer legend has fallen off the face of the earth.
Yuan A commented on his personal social media platforms, "Although Yuan A made a small contribution to Chinese soccer, those funds were dishonorable and brought calamity to the country and people, the crime is unpardonable. The mess left behind is a real mess that the country can hardly solve." It can be said that Yuan A used very harsh words to describe Evergrande and Xu Jiayin as "bringing disaster to the country and the people".
Nonetheless, Yuan A's comments still aroused the dissatisfaction of some fans because, in their opinion, Evergrande has not made the so-called contribution to Chinese soccer at all. Some fans commented, "Can't see any contribution, just using money to buy foreign aid to form a super team, creating a false prosperity and leading to a further decline in the level of the national team." "A thousand sins where there is a contribution." Other fans said, "What contribution has been made? Bringing in players at high prices led to a vicious cycle in the youth training system? What good is money soccer?" Some fans even said bluntly, "What contribution? With the money cheated by the skill, used to gather foreign aid, in exchange for false prosperity?"
Evergrande's transformation over the years from glorious and brilliant to now universally criticized is indeed poignant. Although how much Evergrande has contributed to Chinese soccer is still open to discussion, but seeing these huge debts and negative deficit figures is undoubtedly the most powerful blow to those who claimed that "Evergrande is a private enterprise, and Mr. Xu spends his own money to engage in soccer" at the beginning.
