China Super League (soccer league)
The summer transfer door, as early as July 30 has been closed, and before that, the winter transfer window also failed to make waves. Therefore, the whole season in the Chinese Super League attraction deal totaled less than 30 million euros, and once "golden dollar Chinese Super League" period often more than 500 million euros, compared to the scale, seems insignificant.
The double blow of the epidemic and the national team's participation in the Top 12 tournament has led to a drastic compression of the Chinese Super League's schedule for the 2021 season, which has resulted in an intensive schedule and a significant decline in the league's spectacle and competition. In this context, the clubs will be "survival" as the primary task, the demand for foreign aid has been sharply reduced, the overall investment plummeted, and the once lavishly introduced high-priced foreign aid scenery is no longer. Take Guangzhou team's "Baota" combination as an example, they left the team in such an environment and went to the Saudi Arabia League to seek development.
The former Guangzhou team "Baota" combination, has now embarked on their respective journeys to Saudi Arabia.
In the once transfer fee as high as 10 million euros or more of the 34 sky-high foreign aid, only the naturalized Golat, Ackerson and Alan left to hold on to in the Chinese Super League; and those transfer fee is less than 10 million euros, but joining the extremely high annual salary of the foreign aid has also left the team, and only Fellaini, Muyi, Cernunnas, Jintero and others are left.
Looking at this year's Chinese Super League transfer market, most clubs' foreign aid transactions are "only out, not in", more of an "internal cycle" between clubs. In particular, Hebei, a club with financial difficulties, transferred two core players, Malcolm and Paulinho, to Wuhan Sanzhen and Shanghai Seaport respectively. Similarly, Shenhua, one of the title contenders, brought in Dumbya to replace Kim Shin-wook. Shandong Taishan, another title contender, loaned Jadson from Wuhan Sanzhen to strengthen the center back position.
Dembele, Guangzhou City's superstar, is also highly likely to leave the club.
As the second phase of the Chinese Super League will only begin in December, many foreign aiders who still have contracts with their clubs have chosen to leave early, unable to endure the long gap between matches and the long time they can't be reunited with their families and the pain of homesickness. Therefore, before the European summer window closed on September 1, the Chinese Super League foreign aid suddenly became a "seller's market", they have early with the club to terminate the contract to return to Europe. For example, Dalian's striker Long Dong, in the European summer window before the closure of the moment to join the Premier League Everton. Guangzhou City's Dembele has returned to Europe and will likely not return for the second phase of the Chinese Super League season. The biggest change took place at Beijing Guoan, who will see the departure of all four foreigners in their squad - Kim Min Ja, Augusto, Bieira and Fernando.
There is no doubt that the golden dollar era of the Chinese Super League has completely become the past. Under the influence of many subjective and objective conditions such as the strict salary limit policy, the decline of the level of the Chinese Super League, and the unstable factors brought about by the epidemic prevention, I am afraid that the big foreign aid of the Chinese Super League will all leave.
Without the support of foreign aid, how will the Chinese Super League continue to move forward? This will be a serious test for CFA league managers and all club operators.
Foreign aiders who have left China this season (incomplete statistics)
Shenzhen:
Sosa Almeria (free transfer)
Shandong Taishan:
Gerdes Corinthians (free transfer)
Guangzhou team:
Talisker Riyadh victory
Paulinho Saudi Arabia Ahli (free transfer)
Dalian:
Long Dong Everton (free transfer)
Guangzhou City:
Svensson Gothenburg (city in Sweden)
Cangzhou Lion:
Diomande Qatari Celia (free transfer)
Qingdao:
Popovic Cyprus Anorthosis (free transfer)
Ulvestad (terminated)
Beijing Guoan:
Minjae Kim Fenerbahce
Augusto Corinthians (free transfer)
Vieira Las Palmas (free transfer)
Fernando (terminated)
Shanghai Harbor:
Arnautovic Bologna
Changchun Yatai:
Atletico Sousa Hellenic (free transfer)
Zivkovic Red Star Belgrade (free transfer)
Wuhan team:
Mbia WB Fuenlafrada (free transfer)
Carrizo Almeria (free transfer)
Baptiste Santos (free transfer)
