Yangcheng Evening News reporter Nympho Su reports: 2022 season
China Super League (soccer league)
As the league is about to kick off, Guangzhou City will depart from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport at 16:20 today and fly to Haikou on China Southern Airlines. Yesterday, Guangzhou City's team bus loaded with team equipment and medical instruments and other supplies had already traveled to Haikou first.
According to the first-team roster released by the club, a total of 35 players have been enrolled by Guangzhou City FC at this stage of the tournament, with an average age of 25.4 years old. During the previous break, Guangzhou City completed the contract renewal with last season's manager Van Garst, and players such as Tang Miao, Cheng Yuelei, Zhang Gong, Wang Peng, Chen Junlei, Long Wenhao, Chen Zhizhao, Jiang Jihong and Song Wenjie have also completed their contract renewals one after another. Tang Jiayi, Li Zhuoxuan, Wei Feng, Liao Jiajun, Li Yongjia, Yang Yang, Wu Junjie and other seven "after 00" players were transferred to the first team, plus the players who had been in the first team.
China Super League (soccer league)
With the debut of Wu Chengru, Wen Yongjun, Su Yuliang and Jin Liangkuan, Guangzhou City has as many as 11 "post-00" players. In addition to retaining the overall framework of last season's lineup, the team is becoming increasingly youthful.
Sources said that Guangzhou City's share reform process is not too smooth, resulting in the book has been deposited 100 million yuan of funds, but the club can not be used, previously promised to the players to pay the arrears of wages time and again delayed. Previously there are players to the club to pressure the club to solve the problem of salary arrears, otherwise will follow the Chongqing team strike, refused to enter the tournament area.
However, according to the latest news, the club and the player side after many times of communication, this problem has been solved for the time being. The club conveyed that the new investor will actively promote the willingness of the share reform, and the players will be in the field on time. There is also news that the players put forward a 14-day deadline, hoping that the club will raise a sum of money within this period to pay three months' salary to the players. Therefore, it is not ruled out that Guangzhou City will face a new crisis after the opening match.
According to the schedule, Canton City will play the first five rounds of the tournament against
Changchun Yatai (soccer team)
, Dalian People, Shandong Taishan, Henan Songshan Longmen and Zhejiang.
