After five years, the glory of Manatee returned to the Central League, for those loyal fans who have loved soccer since the A A era, this is not only a spiritual inheritance, but also a nesting of emotions, undoubtedly for the club's history to add a colorful picture.
In the past two years, as many as 22 teams of soccer clubs at all levels have announced their withdrawal or dissolution, which even includes the defending champions of the Chinese Super League, a phenomenon that highlights the importance of rational investment after the end of the era of golden dollar soccer.
Manatee's successive relegation since the 2013 season, despite its own factors, is also not unrelated to the prevalence of golden dollar soccer at that time. Golden dollar soccer brought about the threshold of raising, salary inflated, talent cultivation short-sighted and other issues, so that the Super League at that time is full of bubbles. However, with the implementation of policies such as salary and investment restrictions, these bubbles were gradually squeezed out. However, the emergence of uncertainties such as the New Crown Epidemic has led to difficulties in the operation of the main business of the parent companies of some clubs, which in turn has affected the survival of the clubs.
Survival is the way to the future. If a club wants to achieve long-term development, and even realize the grand goal of "100 years club", in addition to having a sustainable development concept and reasonable salary system, it is also crucial to improve the ability of blood production and perfect the youth training system. In addition to the first team, Hainiu has five other teams active in the national youth soccer league, including the U21 and U19 leagues, and even unique in the Chinese B League. In the past two years, more than ten players, including Wang Tao, Li Suda, Zheng Chuanhui and Xing Fu, have been selected for national teams at all levels, which is also a strong proof of the club's healthy development.
Looking at the world of football, with a hundred years of history of the clubs abound, they have experienced bumps in the road, such as River Plate, Juventus and other teams have suffered the pain of relegation, and then Leeds United took 16 years to return to the top flight of English soccer ......
"Hundred years of clubs" for Chinese soccer, at present still seems to be a kind of extravagant hope. This is not only the history of Chinese professional soccer is still short, the development system is still to be perfected and other reasons, more importantly - to persist.
As we all know, an excellent club rich in history can not only become a city's business card, but even a cultural symbol and spiritual totem, carrying the deep emotions of fans and citizens. On this road, Chinese soccer is steadily moving forward with a firm goal.
Investor Qiao Weiguang, who cried like a baby when the team was relegated from the Chinese Super League in 2013, now says: "Reaching the first division is not our goal, returning to the top flight is our ultimate goal."
It took five years for the Manatees to return to the Central League; perhaps the day when they return to the Premier League will not be far away.
