After the first three rounds of the tournament, Dalian People's team jumped to the 14th place in the table with two wins, but the relegation journey this season is still full of thorns.
In this round of matches, Dalian Ren will face Henan, who is also fighting for relegation, at their home ground. If they can't win three points at home, this season's relegation situation will be more and more precarious. For Dalian People Club, not only do they have to go all out for relegation, but they also need to start laying the groundwork for the team's next season.
According to the latest news from GermanTransfer.com, up to 20 Dalian players will renew their contracts with the club at the end of the year. Among them are current national and Olympic team players Lin Liangming, He Yupeng and Huang Jiahui.
However, in the past two years, Dalian People's Club has suffered a serious brain drain. Earlier this year, players such as Tong Lei, Sun Guowen and Dong Yanfeng did not renew their contracts with the club after their contracts expired and opted for free transfers. Next year, this phenomenon is likely to get worse.
Due to the club's broken financial chain, the Dalian People's past salary arrears have not been resolved. Wanda Group has completely withdrawn, and the old Wang's life has become more and more difficult.
As a result, Dalian People's Club, which is struggling to make ends meet, is having difficulty offering favorable terms to attract international players to renew their contracts. International players Lin Liangming, He Yupeng and Huang Jiahui, who are in their prime, are reluctant to renew their contracts with the club.
As September approaches, the national team's international fixtures increase, with the Olympics hosting the Hangzhou Asian Games and the national team taking part in the preliminary group stage. By then, Huang Jiahui and He Yupeng will represent the national team at the Asian Games, while Lin Liangming will be with the team for the national soccer team's warm-up matches and the preliminaries group stage.
The departure of these players will make it more difficult for the club to renew their contracts. It seems likely that the three international players will now move to other Super League teams on a free transfer when their contracts expire at the end of the year.
At the beginning of this year, Lin Liangming was rumored to be with a number of Chinese Super League clubs and was once close to leaving Dalian. But he was eventually persuaded by Xie Hui to stay in the team. I'm afraid things will be different next year. The future of Xie Hui's Dalian team is full of uncertainty, not to mention the retention of Lin Liangming. From the looks of things, Lin Liangming's new owners for next season are likely to be Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Harbor.
The situation is similar for Wong Ka Fai and Ho Yupeng. If they perform well in the Asian Games, it is believed that their social status will be further enhanced, which will provide them with more bargaining chips to negotiate with other clubs and fight for higher-paying contracts.
At present, it seems that Dalian people want to survive, must complete the club share reform as soon as possible. But the domestic soccer world is in the doldrums, really have the strength to take over the Super League club of the enterprise is very few. I'm afraid that Dalian people share reform problem is difficult to solve.
Therefore, even if the relegation is successful this season, Dalian people will still face a serious survival challenge next season. This is also the fundamental reason why players whose contracts are about to expire are unwilling to renew their contracts with the club. Needless to say, the current situation of Dalian soccer is really worrying...
