On May 17th, news came from Beijing that on the eve of the upcoming new season of the Chinese Super League, the Chongqing team was once again involved in a strike, and the prospect of the new season was overshadowed by a layer of shadow.
It is reported that since the 16th, Chongqing players refused to go to the training ground, some players expressed their demands to the head coach Zhang Wailong, asked to solve the problem of unpaid wages before returning to the team to train, Zhang Wailong had no choice but to hand over the problem to the management.
Chongqing team has always been the focus of attention of the industry and fans, the club since last year repeated rumors of share reform failure, news of withdrawal, but the team all together, and ultimately succeeded in relegation. However, this year, the share reform is still advancing, but so far there is no substantial progress. Coupled with the delay in solving the problem of unpaid wages of players and staff, the storm was eventually triggered.
Among the club's employees, there are those who have not been paid for as long as a year, and the shortest is six months. As for the players, the longest salary arrears amounted to 16 months. Some players have been in a state of "inactivity" - on the 16th, the players stopped training, the rhythm of the first team preparation was also disrupted.
Previously, the Chongqing team had a number of player strikes, players and staff in the long-term arrears of wages under the pressure of life pressure; in the process of equity reform, the players received the promise failed to deliver, the reform of the prospects and results of the expectations of the value of a substantial reduction; and the club's financial situation, with the passage of time more and more tense, a long-term lack of funds injected into the first-team operation of the funds have run out.
Chongqing's operations and first-team squad will face a fatal blow if the issue of unpaid wages is not resolved before kickoff. Last Thursday, the club learned that accounts had been frozen due to a lawsuit filed by a departing player. In this case, even if the club subsequently has money coming in, it will not be able to prioritize payments to the first-team players and staff. What is even more frustrating is that Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Club has not received any new money into its account so far, and it is uncertain whether there will be any money coming in in the future. Players have experienced long unpaid wages over the past two years, heard countless promises, and signed unpaid notes over and over again, but have so far failed to honor them.
