On July 15, a piece of news stirred up a thousand waves in the Beijing sports circle. According to Oriental Sports Daily, Gao Lin, a former international footballer, sold his mansion for 145 million dollars, sparking concerns about the changes in wealth in the soccer circle. The article not only focuses on Gao Lin and other players who have tasted the sweetness of gold dollar soccer, but also reveals the current situation of some players who are in financial difficulties due to the Chinese Super League's salary restriction and the bursting of the gold dollar bubble.
According to the Oriental Sports Daily, Zhang Jiaqi, who once stayed in Ligue 2, joined Evergrande in 2014, when he was only twenty years old and earned more than 5 million dollars a year. However, in Evergrande did not realize his soccer dream, after bouncing from team to team, Zhang Jiaqi was once unemployed, and even reduced to a network car driver. Similarly, under the Super League salary limit, Dalian People's team veteran Zhu Ting and goalkeeper Yu Ziqian also had no choice but to drive a network car. And former Shanghai Shenxin player Tian Junjie, at the age of 23, also faced the plight of driving a net car to support his family because of the team's salary arrears.
In the face of this allegation, the person concerned Yu Ziqian posted a rebuttal on social media, angrily denouncing the Oriental Sports Daily rumor: "The media all day nonsense? I'm driving an online car with Zhu Ting? Pick up and drop off your daughter-in-law to and from work? Even a mouthful of dog food to grab, no bottom line. Private message me, uncle to buy you canned food!"
Yu Ziqian, the goalkeeper from the Dalian Shide youth training camp, was selected for the national youth team, wearing the No. 1 uniform of the Dalian Albin team from 2010 to 2012, and was the main goalkeeper of the Albin team during the period of China A and China B. On July 9, 2020, Yu Ziqian announced his retirement, ending his 19 years of career, and then devoted himself to the youth training and became a goalkeeper coach.
