China's soccer sweep against corruption has been going on for more than four months. Starting from November 2022, Li Tie, the former head coach of the national soccer team, became the first soccer giant to be taken away. The amount of money involved in Li Tie's case is so huge that his deposit in a bank in Shenyang has reached a shocking 100 million dollars. In addition, Li Tie had purchased real estate in an affluent area of California so that his wife and children could live there. According to previous media reports, Li Tie's wife, Long Fei, refused to return the 270 million dollars of stolen money, and it is not known whether this is true or not. After Li Tie's arrest, the top management of the Football Association, Chen Yongliang, Liu Yi, Chen Xuyuan and others have been arrested. As a result, the pinnacle of soccer fans has also reached its peak.
Chen Xuyuan was taken away on February 14th. It has been more than a month. He is the president of the CFA, but he made a mistake that hindered the development of Chinese soccer for his own benefit. Chen Xuyuan also needs to explain where the CFL's $1.7 billion went. During his three and a half years as CFA president, nearly 40 clubs were dissolved, including some of the well-known teams in the Chinese Super League. Chen Xuyuan went in, and he also messed up Chinese soccer. Now the entire Chinese Super League is in jeopardy.
The Chinese Super League champion Shenzhen team will be disbanded on March 20, according to a social media report by Shenzhen's foreign aid player Caldecott. There are probably two reasons for this. First, the Shenzhen team owes more than 200 million dollars in wages, and it will be difficult to pay off the debt in a short period of time. Dissolution may just be a matter of time. Secondly, more breathlessly, three important figures of the Shenzhen team have been taken away for investigation, including Shenzhen player Zhang Lu, former general manager Ding Dongmei, and current general manager Ding Yong. Currently there is no one managing the daily operations of the team in Shenzhen, and the players and staff are all on vacation. It seems that the rumors of dissolution are not empty.
Apart from Shenzhen, fans are more concerned about the situation of Guangzhou, the 8-time champion of the Chinese Super League. According to domestic media person Li Pingkang, Guangzhou is counting down to disbanding and the giant which has won 8 times of Chinese Super League title will become history. Currently Guangzhou is not training, the players are on vacation and it looks really dangerous. If Guangzhou disband, there is really nothing to see in the Chinese Super League and it becomes a chicken rib.
The suspense about the truth of the dissolution of the Guangzhou team has been revealed. According to the authoritative domestic media Tonight News, as of now, Guangzhou team still has unresolved disputes, and the possibility of withdrawing from the Chinese Super League does exist. From this perspective, the Guangzhou team is indeed facing a crisis of dissolution, and the final answer should come in the coming days.
The Guangzhou team used to represent the pinnacle of Chinese soccer, winning the AFC Championship twice in style. But with naturalized players quitting in droves, Guangzhou team also owes huge debts and operates with great difficulty. Zheng Zhi is also a player and coach, which is really rare. In short, Guangzhou is in its current situation, with big problems, but the main reason is that Chen Xuyuan, the president of the Football Association, has hurt the Chinese Super League. Almost alone, Chen Xuyuan made it difficult for many clubs to survive and had to quit the Chinese professional league. He has been a really bad influence on Chinese soccer. Of course, Chen Xuyuan insisted on using Li Tie despite people's objections and questions so that he could be severely punished.
