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As the wave of the golden dollar era of Chinese soccer faded, many clubs began to swim naked. They quickly went from spending a lot of money to not being able to make ends meet, defaulting on wages everywhere, and eventually disbanding. In recent years, there have been numerous incidents of players and coaches demanding their salaries, but most of them have failed. Some foreign players and coaches have stung the matter directly to FIFA, and some clubs have even been hit with transfer bans. However, for clubs that have been dissolved, even if they win the case, the money is likely not to come back. Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic foreign coach Zhang Wailong is one of them.
Fans familiar with Chinese soccer must be familiar with the name Zhang Wailong. Although he is a South Korean, he has an unbreakable bond with Chinese soccer. Starting from coaching in Qingdao in 2011, Zhang has coached Dalian Albin, Henan Jianye, Chongqing Lifan and other teams. Like other Korean coaches, Zhang is rigorous and responsible, and is highly respected by players and fans. Zhang is most famous for his "seven seconds theory". He asked his players to counterattack as fast as possible, and it only took 7 seconds from attack to goal, which is perfect for relegation teams in the Chinese Super League. Zhang led his team to a 2-1 debut victory over Chongqing.
However, Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic, like many teams that disband and quit, encountered a big crisis before disbanding, with many players publicly posting articles to ask for their salaries. It was only 6 days after captain Feng Jin's post that Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic officially announced its exit from Chinese soccer and dissolved the team. The history of this veteran team is fixed on May 24, 2022. However, many were touched by Zhang Wailong's affection for Chongqing. After the dissolution, Zhang Wailong had promised that he would be willing to come back to coach Chongqing if there was ever a team in the city. At the end of last year, Zhang Wailong also donated relevant materials to the staff of the club's original site, which is enough to show that Zhang Wailong is an emotional person.
However, what many people don't realize is that Zhang Wai Long owes a large amount of money for unpaid wages, so large that it is beyond imagination. Zhang Wai Long won his case in the first instance in a civil judgment published on referee.com. The Chongqing Jiangbei District People's Court ruled that Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic Football Club Co. Ltd. would pay the plaintiff Zhang Wai Long 10,487,201.83 yuan in unpaid wages and 604,770.01 yuan in bonuses from January 1, 2020 to May 31, 2022. Fans learned from the judgment that Zhang Wai Long has been owed by the club since 2020, and over the past three years, Zhang Wai Long has been owed a total of nearly $130.
However, a disturbing fact is that even if Zhang Wailong wins the lawsuit, this back pay may go to waste because the club no longer has it. It remains to be seen whether this money was compensated by Lifan Group or by Two Rivers Land. In the end, it is likely that Zhang Wailong suffered a dumb loss. If this kind of thing is getting more and more common, in the long run, it will definitely not be conducive to the development of Chinese soccer, because good things don't come out of the door, but bad things spread a thousand miles. The power of interpersonal relationships and word-of-mouth will make the negative image of Chinese soccer spread geometrically in international soccer. Which foreign aiders and foreign coaches will dare to come in the future?
