As Li Tie's case is being investigated in depth, connections between the top management of the Football Association and members of Chinese Super League clubs are gradually surfacing.
According to the latest list reveals that most of the people suspected of being under investigation are figures closely associated with the Chinese Super League and Chinese men's soccer. In fact, the likelihood of any national team or club regulated by the FA being disassociated from Li Tie's case is slim to none.
R, an American journalist, exposed on social media that even clubs in the domestic women's professional soccer league have been caught up in the storm of Li Tie's case. Recently, the media revealed that the Hainan Qiongzhong Women's Football Club, which was promoted to China's first division last year, has been spending huge sums of money from unknown sources.
Despite the fact that women's soccer in China receives less attention than men's soccer, and coverage is relatively scarce, there are still some areas that strongly support women's soccer, and Qiongzhong County is one of them.
Over the years, the Qiongzhong region has given strong support to the Qiongzhong Women's Football Team. In addition to policy support, the Qiongzhong women's soccer team has also raised a large amount of money for the club, but doubts have arisen about the use of the funds.
A reporter surnamed R revealed that the Qiongzhong women's soccer team's recently announced purchasing plan is dubious. The team's two purchasing targets, one worth $15 million and the other $5 million, are clearly beyond the reasonable range for purchasing equipment.
In the purchase list of the Qiongzhong women's soccer team, five multi-purpose bicycles were valued at $750,000, one exercise testing system at $1.5 million, and three wearable exercise testers at $1.8 million. For a relatively small women's soccer club, such purchases seem extraordinarily unreasonable.
And, the equipment has cost more than the club's budget for the year to purchase. Last year the club's budget for the whole season was just two to three million dollars. Therefore, the Qiongzhong women's soccer team's investment of 20 million yuan in equipment has raised doubts.
It is worth mentioning that Chen Wanting, the head coach who led the Qiongzhong women's soccer team to a successful run to the first division last year, has attracted a lot of attention in the soccer world in recent years. Her achievement lies not only in leading the men's professional team to win the Hong Kong league, but also in the fact that she was once the favorite to coach the Chinese women's national team.
Last year, when the Football Association (FA) selected the women's soccer coach, Chen Wanting had a high reputation. However, the federation finally chose Zhao Junzhe, Chen Wanting was just a runner, and eventually failed to be elected.
However, the General Administration of Sport intervened in the management of the national soccer team and Zhao Junzhe failed to become the women's soccer coach. Eventually, Shui Qingxia became the new coach of the Chinese women's soccer team and led the team to win the Asian Cup with the support of Sun Wen and other leaders of the FA and the General Administration.
Although Chen Wanting left Qiongzhong Women's Football Club last year, her influence as a former coach still exists. Nevertheless, I believe Chen Wanting will not be involved in the irregularities of the Qiongzhong Women's Football Club. Even if she is investigated by the relevant authorities, she should be able to stand the test.
