On the spring-like March 11th, the domestic soccer world is in turmoil again. As the plight of players' long-term unpaid wages became more and more problematic, well-known media personality Li Xuan spoke out on social media, supporting domestic players and strongly suggesting the establishment of a players' guild to safeguard their rights.
In retrospect, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club had sparked a controversy by defaulting on the salary of foreign aid player Ahmedov. Ahmedov, with the assistance of his lawyers, took the Chinese Super League club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger to court and applied to FIFA for disciplinary action. FIFA eventually made a ruling and imposed a ban on Tianjin Jinmenhu's player transfer registration. However, just yesterday, Zhu Yi, the administrator of German Transfer China, announced that Tianjin Jinmenhu had paid Ahmedov's salary in full, and FIFA's ban was lifted.
While foreign aiders are able to use international bodies to resolve disputes when they suffer unpaid wages, the issue of unpaid wages for domestic players remains unresolved. Many players have taken to social media to demand their salaries, revealing the prevalence of salary arrears among domestic soccer clubs. Li Xuan took to her social media accounts to analyze the situation in depth.
Li Xuan blasted: "Not only the Jinmen Tiger, even if the foreign aid salary arrears are supervised by someone, the club must pay, but our players can only rely on the arbitration committee. Although the award is down, but the implementation is as difficult as climbing up to heaven, this is the current situation of our country's soccer. Chinese players, it is time to set up their own players union!"
