Guangdong soccer has made brilliant achievements in the domestic professional league, including 8 times Chinese Super League champion and 2 times Asian champion winner Guangzhou, southern soccer newcomer Guangzhou City, landlord Shenzhen, and Chinese Super League newcomer Meizhou Hakka. When these four Guangdong teams appeared together in the Chinese Super League, it was enough to illustrate the former glory of Guangdong soccer. Guangdong soccer used to be brilliant, but now it is a chicken feather, just like domestic soccer. Only Meizhou Hakka is now operating normally, the other three teams are in trouble.
Firstly, although Guangzhou team was relegated, the debt problem was minimized and there was no stock reform problem. Evergrande Group insisted on not releasing the Guangzhou team, and as long as they were willing to continue to invest at low cost, the Guangzhou team would not disappear. The once high salaries brought about the problem of salary arrears, but the Guangzhou team gave up the arrears in exchange for freedom and got rid of most of the arrears. Now there are only young players left in the team. Although they are not competitive in the Chinese Super League, as long as Evergrande wants the club to survive, the Guangzhou team will not be in danger for the time being, but if Evergrande doesn't want to play, the Guangzhou team will surely be disbanded.
Next is Guangzhou City. Although the team succeeded in relegation at the last minute, it was only a condition for participation in the Chinese Super League next season. It was reported that as many as 70% of the players' contracts with the club expired at the end of last year. Guangzhou City's shareholding reform has not progressed enough to renew the players' contracts. As a result, the team could end up with only 30% of its players left. If 30% of the players stay, it can be said that Guangzhou has no one. It is not Guangzhou's own final decision whether to continue to participate in the share reform, so even if they are relegated, Guangzhou City is still very dangerous.
Finally, the Shenzhen team is the most difficult problem, and the outside world is worried about the survival of the club. Although the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture and Sports is still promoting and supporting the club's shareholding reform, the normal work of the club is only superficial. In fact, the future of the team is already in jeopardy. The Shenzhen team is facing the double dilemma of debt clearance and share reform. The huge debt of 3.5 billion dollars directly affects the share reform, and there is no one to take over. I am afraid that Shenzhen team's 3.5 billion debt is more than any other team. This is because there is a very ridiculous relationship between the Shenzhen team and the parent company, that is, Caesar's any investment in Shenzhen soccer is made on a loan basis, that is to say, you can buy as many people as you want at the club, but you borrow money from me.
This means that any business would want to take over and the club would give them a lot of IOUs. Any new business involved in the club's shareholding would be reluctant to take on the old debt, let alone the shameless way the original shareholders have bled or borrowed money from the club. Finally, the original shareholders retreat, leaving the new shareholders to plug the holes created by your previous reckless spending. There is no such thing in the world. And, Shenzhen's situation in the Chinese Super League is no exception. This practice leaves serious pitfalls for the future. Once you don't want to play and want to go back to your previous investment, it means the team is not far from disbanding. The worst case scenario for all three Guangdong teams is that they all disband, so only the Meizhou Hakka team is left.
