As January rolls on, Guangzhou City's preparation for the new soccer season has quietly come to an end. The leadership of the team is stable, the core lineup has been retained, loaned players are returning to the team one after another, and the equity reform is progressing smoothly....... Guangzhou City's preparations for the new season are proceeding step by step.
First, let's explore the central question, "Can the team continue to survive?" In terms of shareholding reform, Guangzhou City is one of the few teams that have made significant progress and are on the verge of success. During the winter training period, the GAC Group took the lead in promoting the shareholding reform, and a brand new Guangzhou City Football Club is about to surface.
The Guangzhou Automobile Working Group intervened in advance and penetrated into the daily operation of Guangzhou City Football Club. The importance that Guangzhou Automobile Group attaches to the share reform is evident in the fact that it has even sent a high-level leader and manager to join the working group. It is reported that the senior leader is Chen Hanjun, the deputy general manager of Guangzhou Automobile Group, who was born in Meizhou, Guangdong and is now 60 years old. After gaining a comprehensive understanding of the team's structure, the club's composition, the youth training system and the soccer base, the GAC working group conducted a meticulous research on every aspect of the club.
As for the previous R&F Group, perhaps it will no longer be involved in the equity of Guangzhou City Football Club, but the original club operation team is likely to stay, after all, they know soccer operations like the back of their hand, and are full of affection for the club, which is in line with the concept of professional people doing professional things.
In addition, the issue of salary arrears in Cantonment is also a cause for concern. Currently there are about four months of unpaid wages pending settlement. This wage arrears fiasco started before the second stage of the 2021 Chinese Super League season, and despite the fact that the Guangzhou Municipal authorities paid out relegation bonuses to Guangzhou City Football Club during the Chinese New Year, the issue of unpaid wages still exists.
Fortunately, this incident has not had a significant impact on the current share reform. It is reported that a preliminary solution has been worked out: all outstanding salaries will be divided into two parts, with this year's New Year's Day as the boundary, the outstanding salaries of last year's club staff will be borne by the Fortune Group, while the outstanding salaries after January 1, 2022 will be borne by the new shareholders after the successful share reform.
A Fuli insider said, "If the original shareholders and the new shareholders can reach an agreement on the issue of salary arrears, on the one hand, it shows that Fuli bosses Zhang Li and Li Silien are very righteous; on the other hand, it also demonstrates the tolerance and care of Guangzhou Automobile and other enterprises, which will promote the share reform to move forward steadily." Now, we just have to wait for the finalization of the share reform and look forward to Guangzhou Auto as the new shareholder to inject capital into the club this month.
