The Chinese Super League will officially kick off on April 15, according to Beijing Youth Daily. The Chinese Super League teams have already submitted their entry materials, but the FA still needs to verify that the issue of salary arrears has been resolved. At present, it seems that even if all the teams have passed the FA's transfer audit, it is still uncertain whether the league can start at the stipulated time, and it is also uncertain whether it can meet the requirement of 18 teams.
It is important to note that there has been a delay in the conclusion of the Li Tie and Chen Xuyuan cases, as well as the arrests of several Chinese Super League players. If a team is indeed suspected of match-fixing, they could be relegated, just as there were issues with Wuhan, Tianjin Tianhai, and Shenzhen before they were disbanded for a number of matches they played in.
In fact, not only that. After players such as Qin Sheng, Jin Jingdao, Zhu Jianrong and Sun Shilin were taken away by the police on suspicion of betting on soccer matches, gambling has always existed in professional leagues, according to China News Weekly. The media outlet interviewed a former Chinese Super League goalkeeper who revealed some details about gambling and match-fixing. He claimed that someone had approached him before to get him involved in match-fixing activities, but he refused, and no one else has approached him since then.
The goalkeeper also reveals that it is not possible for only one player to be involved in betting on the game because one player alone cannot sway the entire game. Even the goalkeeper cannot control the whole game on his own, in order to control the game perfectly, he must control the whole midfield, therefore, the bookmakers will choose the goalkeeper, the center back, the midfielder and the striker as their targets.
According to journalist Miao Yuan, these players suspected of match-fixing would not only rope in their teammates, ex-teammates and friends to participate, such as the arrested Qin Sheng, who played for several Chinese Super League (CSL) giants, including Guangzhou Evergrande, Dalian Yifang, as well as the defunct Qingdao Zhongneng and Liaoning Hongyun. In addition, Qin Sheng is a native of Dalian, so almost every Chinese Super League team has fans from his hometown.
Despite the fact that Jin Jingdao only plays for one Chinese Super League team, his hometown friends are all over the Chinese Super League teams and he has been a regular on the national team. It is unimaginable when considering the other players involved in this matter. If what Jin Jingdao and Miao Yuan are saying is true, are there any teams left in the Chinese Super League that aren't involved? Is it true that the Chinese Super League is all involved in match-fixing as Wu Xinghan said? How do you feel about this? Feel free to leave your comments in the comments section so we can discuss this together!
