Evergrande (name)
The group is in an unprecedented predicament, with its Chinese Super League rival Guangzhou struggling to operate, and may even be taken over by the government. The news of the imminent return of the manager Carlo Cannavaro is buzzing, while another real estate-based Chinese Super League club, Jianye Group, last week exposed the news of "losses of more than 5 billion".
Clubs such as Hebei and Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic have also been hampered by a lack of funds and operational difficulties this season, is the Chinese Super League set for another wave of exits?
Cannavaro may be the first to leave?
On Friday, Hui Kayan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Evergrande Group, bluntly stated at the Evergrande Wealth Symposium that "Evergrande has encountered unprecedented difficulties".
Evergrande Group, which is in deep debt crisis, released a statement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange a month ago, saying that "China Evergrande Group is in contact with several potential independent third-party investors to discuss the sale of some of the Company's assets, including but not limited to the sale of Evergrande's listed subsidiaries and some of its interests."
Against the backdrop of the parent company's operational difficulties, the Chinese Super League's Guangzhou team has also been plagued by rumors recently. As the soccer club is a huge investment but unprofitable asset under the Evergrande Group, there is a real possibility that it will be sold or even dissolved outright.
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club has suffered huge losses every year since it landed on the New Third Board in 2015. According to the company's annual report, the loss in 2019 was as high as RMB 1.943 billion; as the club was delisted at the beginning of this year, the specific business situation in 2020 is only available in the first half of the annual report, but it has also reached RMB 1.052 billion.
After entering the soccer circle in 2010 has been high-profile "buy buy buy", targeting high-level foreign aid and local international players of the Guangzhou team, 2021 is the first time they in a season of two transfer window "realize" zero introduction, while completing the "all Chinese class" goal. The goal of the "all Chinese class". Veterans such as Gao Lin, Feng Xiaoting, Zeng Cheng and Yu Hanchao, who originally received the team's highest salaries, have returned to the team over the past two seasons, but despite this, there are still a lot of high-paid players in the current Guangzhou team, especially many naturalized Brazilian players.
What makes people link Evergrande Group's crisis with Guangzhou Football Club is that after the first phase of the Chinese Super League (CSL), the Guangzhou team, which finished second in the overall table, has not regrouped to start preparing for next month's AFC Cup and December's CSL Champions League matches.
In particular, the team's head coach, Cannavaro, has not yet returned to Guangzhou and is still on vacation in Italy. Although there is news that Cannavaro will be in China in the second half of this month, but with the quarantine time, by the time he returns to the team, the FA Cup will have started. The Italian media has also indicated that Cannavaro has tried to find a job in Europe, and it is possible that he will not coach the Guangzhou team again.
Cannavaro's contract with Guangzhou expires at the end of next year, with an annual salary of 12 million euros, which is almost the same as the club having to pay around 200 million yuan if after tax. In order to save this huge salary expenses, if not need to pay the liquidated damages, then there is indeed the possibility of the two sides to solve the problem in advance.
It is reported that once Evergrande Group chooses to quit Chinese soccer, there is a possibility that the government side will take over. If it can survive the current difficulties, Evergrande Group is still very keen to retain as much of the club as possible.
Foreign aid returned to the team, Henan normal preparation
Similar to the Guangzhou team, Jianye Group, one of the equity owners of the Chinese Super League's Henan Songshan Longmen Club, had news of a serious crisis last week.
In a Jianye Group on the enterprise presents a serious crisis and crisis and request help rescue statement indicates that "due to the impact of the flood epidemic, Jianye Group total losses of more than 5 billion yuan ...... Now the group has entered a wartime emergency state, is drawing up a response to the plan to take a series of optimization of management, Reduce costs and improve quality, reduce staff and salaries and other self-help initiatives."
Both are real estate oriented companies and both own a Chinese Super League team, thus everyone is also concerned about the latest status of Henan Songshan Longmen.
However, after the promotion of the neutral name of the Football Association from "Henan Jianye" to "Henan Songshan Longmen", the club's shareholder structure has been changed from Jianye Group sole control, to Zhengzhou Municipal Government (40%), Luoyang Municipal Government (30%) and Jianye Group (30%) joint control. 30%) joint holding. Now look, compared to the Guangzhou team, Jianye Group temporary crisis for the club for the impact is not big.
Henan Songshan Longmen are also preparing for the next stage of the AFC Cup and the Chinese Super League as usual. Comparing to a lot of Chinese Super League clubs where foreigners have chosen to leave, Henan Songshan Longmen have welcomed the return of two key players.
Ivo, the centerpiece of the midfield, was finally able to break away from Brazil and end his quarantine in China last month. Although the whole team is still on vacation, he has already appeared in the team's training ground to actively recover. In addition, foreign striker Toure, who suffered a metatarsal fracture in the Chinese Super League at the beginning of May, has also recovered from his injury and has been training with Ivo for the past two days.
Henan Songshan Dragons will assemble on the 22nd of this month, this is due to the fact that the team's head coach, Javier, and the rest of the foreign coaching staff chose to go back to their home country for vacation after the first phase of the Chinese Super League. Foreign center back Shuniqi, who also went back to his home country for vacation, and Zhou Dingyang, who went to England to attend his university graduation ceremony, will also return to the team in time.
As the fifth place in Guangzhou in the first stage of the Chinese Super League, Henan Songshan Longmen will play in the relegation group in the second stage of the Chinese Super League, but their 18 points are the second highest in the relegation group after Shanghai Shenhua, so the pressure of relegation is not very big.
