Currently, Chinese soccer has entered a new winter. According to a number of domestic media reports, a number of Chinese soccer clubs are facing dissolution, and with that comes widespread unemployment among players, which could be as high as 100!
According to the authoritative domestic sports media, Football Daily, at least two clubs in the Chinese Super League and First Division will be disbanded in the next month or two, with more teams likely to increase to five. At the time, the Chinese Super League, which had just expanded to 18 teams, was likely to be forced to revert to 16 teams, which would undoubtedly distress Football Association president Chen Xuyuan.
Since becoming chairman of the Football Association in 2019, Chen Xuyuan has made a number of sweeping reforms, including a club name change and a continuation of the club name change U23 policy is a measure to focus on the future of Chinese soccer. However, these policies did harm the interests of the Chinese furniture and music sector. The introduction of the Chinese name, so that the main investors to enter the field of soccer some discouragement, the original celebrities from all walks of life to buy the Chinese league team, the main purpose is to obtain the right to the title, to publicize their own businesses, and now the biggest dividend is eliminated, coupled with the investment in Chinese soccer, is to throw the money into the bottomless pit, so all walks of life to invest in soccer, not interested.
According to statistics, after Chen Xuyuan took over as chairman of the Football Association, 34 teams at all levels of the league were disbanded one after another, including many champion teachers like Jiangsu Suning! Now that the league's gold dollar bubble has completely burst, the clubs remain unsustainable. During this off-season, we will continue to see many Chinese clubs at all levels of the league disband one after another. Players who played for these clubs and suffered wage arrears will likely become headless debt as the clubs disappear.
It is reported that these clubs that may be disbanded include Wuhan Changjiang, Hebei and Guangzhou, once the eight champion of the Chinese Super League. The dissolution of Wuhan Changjiang seems to be inevitable. Many media sources have revealed that the Wuhan Changjiang club has received a notice of dissolution and the team is trying to make up for the outstanding salary arrears, which is benevolent. The Hebei team has a very serious problem with salary arrears. The club can't afford it at the moment. Dissolution seems to be the only option. As for Guangzhou, the former Asian champions are sinking fast after losing the injection of capital behind their golden master. Last season, they were relegated from the Chinese Super League and returned to the Central League again. 2023 season, their situation still hasn't changed much. If they fail to become self-sufficient, Guangzhou will eventually be disbanded.
It can be said that today's Chinese soccer has entered a new "cold winter". In such a soccer environment, how can we aspire for the national soccer team to enter the World Cup?
