The new soccer season kicked off in the transfer window, and the opening game of the Chinese Super League is getting closer and closer. However, the fate of some teams seems to be predetermined due to both the current status of their teams and their preparations. This time, we will focus on three teams that will be the center of attention when the season opens.
Guangzhou City: access qualification in hand, the shadow of relegation still hangs over it
The club's chairman, Huang Yu, has let it be known that securing access would be easy if 20 million was given!
Unfortunately, as a longtime Super League team, it is difficult to raise even that amount of money today. This is just the tip of the problem, and perhaps this is just the beginning of the threshold.
Has the club thought about deeper issues? If the team gains access, what will it do next? The team is currently facing much more than that, including the problem of unpaid wages of players, especially foreigners; and in order to gain a foothold in the Chinese Super League, staffing is a fundamental guarantee. With the current player lineup, how long can Guangzhou team last? Is the news about the share reform clear? Lacking their support, the team is afraid of falling into an abyss.
Recently, Li Weifeng led the team to prepare for the game at the university training base. There are mostly young players in this team. Last season, the core of the midfield, Li Tixiang, captain Tang Miao, and general Yi Teng moved to other teams. Although several foreigners have expressed their return, Guilherme's attitude is not positive, apparently weighing his personal future.
The club was so strapped for cash that it was difficult to even pay for base dining. Fortunately, with the assistance of the relevant people in the university town, the club was able to dine in the university town restaurant. In the face of the team's plight, head coach Li Weifeng could only bitterly express: no matter how the club's future will be, we can only make full use of the limited resources and do a good job in front of us now.
With stock reforms stalled, unresolved salary arrears and hopeless signings, how will Guangzhou City cope in the new season? Last season Guangzhou was relegated thanks to the scores of Guangzhou and Hebei, but these two teams have been relegated and other teams are preparing normally, who can Guangzhou expect to score in the new season?
If no fundamental changes are made, even if access is granted, Guangzhou City will still be hard to escape the fate of relegation in the new season.
Hebei: after Wuhan Changjiang and Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard, perhaps becoming the third team to disband.
River Plate's fate was sealed after the team was relegated last season. In fact, the team started to survive by selling players in the 2021 season. However, the head coach Kim Jong-bu's tactical planning and tactics helped the team not only survive relegation, but also enter the Champions League. However, Kim Jong-bu's talent was not recognized by the club. Last season, the team continued to sell players, and in the end, they had to rely on young players to survive until the end of the season, and the end was obvious.
At present, although the Hebei team conducts training, it is not stipulated by the club, but conducted by the players on their own initiative and at their own expense. We can't help but be moved by the professionalism of the players. However, all this cannot solve the fundamental problem. Although the team has been relegated to the Chinese First Division, the lack of foreign aid makes it unrealistic to rely on young players alone to gain a foothold.
Recently, players have been vocal on social media that the club has a serious double standard on salaries, which is extremely unfair. In the past, foreign supporters were never owed wages, while domestic players have always been owed wages, until today, the club has proposed a significant pay cut or even give up. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the players.
Therefore, the players train on their own to give the club a wake-up call on the one hand, and on the other hand, if the players stick to their guns, they will not continue to play for the team and maintain their form, but rather prepare themselves to find a new owner.
This extreme situation is extremely detrimental to Rivera, and as it continues, the team is not far from disbanding.
Guangzhou City access qualification test, Hebei team facing dissolution, these are expected. However, the following two perennial Chinese Super League teams - Shandong Taishan and Wuhan Sanzhen - are also facing relegation dilemmas in the new season, which can't help but be lamented, and I'm sure you're lamenting over it, too!
