Despite two wins in the last three rounds of the league, temporarily moving up to 14th place in the table, Dalian Ren's road to relegation is still tough this season.
In this round of the league, Dalian Ren will face Henan, also a relegation rival, at home. If they can't get 3 points at home, then the relegation situation will become very dangerous this season. For Dalian Ren club, they not only have to devote their energy to the team's relegation, but also have to start thinking about the team's survival next season.
According to the data from De Transfer, as many as 20 Dalian players will sign contracts with the club by the end of this year. Among them are many current international players from the national and Olympic teams, Lin Liangming, He Yupeng and Huang Jiahui.
Over the past two years, Dalian Ren FC has had a very serious brain drain. Earlier this year, after their contracts expired, Tong Lei, Sun Guowen and Dong Yanfeng did not renew their contracts with the club and left the team freely, and it could become even worse next year.
Due to the broken chain of the club's funds, the problem of salary arrears accumulated in the past by the Dalian Ren team has not yet been fully resolved. After all, the Wanda Group has completely withdrawn, and life for Old Wang is now difficult.
As a result, Dalian Ren, a club that is already struggling to make ends meet, simply cannot offer good enough contract extensions to the international players in the squad. As a result, international players Lin Liangming, He Yupeng and Huang Jiahui, who are in their playing age, are not willing to renew their contracts with the club.
As September approaches, the national team has more and more international matches, with the Olympics taking part in the Asian Games in Hangzhou and the national team playing in the Preliminary Group Stage. By then, Huang Jiahui and He Yupeng will be with the team for the Asian Games, and Lin Liangming will be with the team for the national soccer team's warm-up matches and the preliminaries group stage.
It will definitely be more difficult for the club to communicate with these players to renew their contracts after they leave the team. As things stand, the three international players will most likely be free to leave Dalian to join other Chinese Super League teams when their contracts with the club expire at the end of the year.
At the beginning of this year, Lin Liangming was in scandal with several Chinese Super League clubs. He was infinitely close to leaving the team, but was eventually convinced by Xie Hui to stay in Dalian. I'm afraid the situation will be different next year. It will be difficult for Xie Hui to continue coaching Dalian, let alone keep Lin Liangming. Judging from the current situation, Lin Liangming's new employer for next season will probably be between Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Harbor.
The situation is similar for Wong Ka Fai and Ho Yupeng. If they can perform well in the Asian Games, I'm sure their social status will improve further, which will give them more leverage to negotiate with other clubs and find themselves a big contract.
From the current situation, Dalian people want to survive, we must complete the club's share reform as soon as possible. But now the domestic soccer world is so low, Dalian really have the strength to accept the Chinese Super League club very few companies, Dalian people's share reform problem I'm afraid it is difficult to solve.
Therefore, even if the Dalian Ren team succeeds in relegation this season, they will face serious survival problems next season, which is the fundamental reason why the players whose contracts are about to expire are reluctant to renew their contracts with the club. I have to say, Dalian soccer is really too difficult now...
