Amid rumors that Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group may take over Guangzhou City Football Club, fans are worried about the future of the Guangzhou team, but the immediate and pressing problems must be solved first: will the team be able to participate in the Chinese Super League, which is about to start next month, as scheduled? How will the costs be met?
Recently, a piece of news shocked the soccer world: the Football Association will bear the team's participation fees. This was quite a surprise. Under the current circumstances, why would the Football Association solve the problem of participation fees for the Guangzhou team alone? Subsequently, Li Xuan, a reporter from Soccer Daily, revealed that the truth is that the CFL will be responsible for the expenses of all participating teams in the tournament area, while the clubs only need to bear the travel expenses to the tournament area.
In other words, as the host Guangzhou team, the players can go directly to the tournament hotel and the problem of traveling expenses does not exist at all. As long as the players are willing to continue to participate in spite of the unpaid wages, the Guangzhou team is guaranteed to participate in the second stage of the league.
In addition, captain Zheng Zhi has already gathered the remaining players and organized a training session on his own initiative. From this move, we can see that most players are willing to continue to fight in the Chinese Super League. After all, most of the teams in the Chinese Super League are facing salary arrears and the transfer window has not yet opened, so all the players can do is to insist on training and playing to maintain the best condition.
As for the future of the team, there is also new talk. According to soccer media person Chen Ning, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group originally hoped to continue to take over the Guangzhou team, but later turned its attention to another Guangzhou team due to some changes in conditions. In addition, there is also news that if the conditions are right, the Guangzhou team may move to other cities in the province.
Of course, nothing has been finalized yet. Just like last year's league champion Jiangsu team, it took half a year from the rumor of crisis to the final official announcement of dissolution. We have reason to believe that Guangzhou, the eight champion of the Chinese Super League, will get more attention as a symbol of a city. No matter what the future holds, we'll be with them all the way.
