In the Chinese Super League in the era of gold dollar soccer, major clubs have brought in many strong supporters from Europe and the United States, the biggest of which is undoubtedly Oscar, who is still playing for Shanghai Port.
In 2017, the Harbour Club invested €60 million to sign Oscar. The 25-year-old Brazilian midfielder was brought in by Premier League giants Chelsea. Oscar has now played eight seasons for Seaport, scoring 43 goals and assisting 85 times in 140 Premier League matches, leading Seaport to win the first Premier League title in the club's history in the 2018 season.
It can be said that Oscar is the absolute core of the Harbor team, and his joining significantly improves the strength of the team. As a result, Oscar has been handsomely rewarded. With the overall level of the Chinese Super League declining, he can still get an annual salary of 24 million euros.
However, such good days are not many for Oscar as his contract with Harbour Club will expire in November next year. As a matter of fact, Harbour Club had started negotiations with Oscar for a contract extension some time ago, but the contract extension they offered was only 3 million euros per year, which is totally unacceptable for Oscar who is used to high salaries.
Although Harbour Club made an offer for him to take up an important position in the club after Oscar's retirement, Oscar remains unmoved. According to the latest news from Brazilian media, Oscar has officially refused to renew his contract with Harbour Club.
Recently, Harbour Club suffered a setback when Yan Jun, a senior executive of the parent company Shanghai Group, was "double-checked" and Zhang Min, the chairman of the board, was recently investigated. As a result, the morale of the entire Harbour team has been severely affected, with consecutive losses in the league and AFC Champions League. If they can't make timely adjustments, I'm afraid they won't even be guaranteed the last Super League title.
Against this backdrop, the Harbour Club will certainly make a lot of internal adjustments, including the team's salary structure, which is one of the main reasons why Oscar refused to renew his contract. After officially refusing to renew his contract, Oscar's departure from Seaport has already been determined, and he will definitely leave the team when his contract with the club expires next November.
In addition, Fellaini, a foreigner on the same level as Oscar, recently announced that he will terminate his contract with Shandong Taishan FC early and officially leave the team at the end of the season. Although Fellaini's transfer value and salary are far less than Oscar's, his achievements in the Chinese Super League are far greater than the latter. In his five seasons with Shandong Taishan, he helped Taishan win three FA Cups and a Chinese Super League title. This season, Taishan is still hopeful of winning the Chinese Super League double.
Looking at the current situation of the Chinese Super League teams, Fellaini and Oscar are the only two big name foreigners left in the golden dollar era of the Chinese Super League. Now they both decided to leave the team, announcing the complete end of the era of golden dollar soccer in the Chinese Super League. Now Chinese soccer has fallen into an unprecedented low. If the FA doesn't save the market by adjusting its policies, the future of Chinese soccer will become even more uncertain!
