China's soccer world is experiencing an unprecedented "whirlpool". With the former Secretary-General of the Football Association, Liu Yi, former Deputy Secretary-General, the national team captain Chen Yongliang investigation in-depth, a string of suspected irregularities, discipline, illegal senior figures gradually surfaced, this "whirlpool" seems to have just begun.
Recall two months ago, the former coach of the national football team Li Tie because of major suspected violations of the law, formally accepted the review, unveiled the prelude to the emergence of Chinese soccer. Li Tie's successive "revelations" made the domestic soccer community was taken away one after another, Chinese soccer instantly into a crisis situation.
Although the Chinese Football Association (CFA) has been silent on the direct management of Chinese soccer, the Li Tie incident did not involve the top management of the association. However, with Liu Yi and Chen Yongliang, the two deputy secretaries-general, being taken away one after the other, the Association seems to have fallen apart, and it seems only a matter of time before more top executives follow.
According to sports reporter Miao Yuan, Chen Yongliang was taken away in connection with the national team issue, while Liu Yi's situation is more complicated. Liu Yi was not only the secretary general of the Football Association, but also involved in a number of companies and clubs, and his decisions have far-reaching impact on the soccer world. If he can explain all the problems one by one, Chinese soccer may usher in a sea change. By then, the top management of the FA may be completely wiped out, and Chinese soccer will enter a new period of turbulence!
Although Miao Yuan did not directly point out, fans have speculated that he was perhaps also referring to Chen Xuyuan, the president of the Football Association (FA). Since assuming the presidency of the FA in 2019, Chen Xuyuan has pursued a number of reforms, with the naturalization policy and the reform of club names having been in the spotlight. However, the reality proves that both reforms will probably end in failure. The strength of the national team has not been qualitatively improved, early exit in the world preliminaries, become a spectator of the World Cup. The reform of club names has dissuaded potential investors, leading to a number of teams in the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division struggling to stay afloat or even disbanding soon.
Of course, these reforms have failed to help the rise of Chinese soccer, but is the scope of the ability, but also not enough to lead to the fall of Chen Xuyuan. As to whether he violated the rules and behaviors, we still need to wait for the official news to reveal.
