On March 12, the soccer world received heavy news: Dalian People's Football Club officially announced that a professional working group would take over the club and fully manage its operations. Although Wanda Group will still bear the operating expenses of the club for the next three years, it has quietly withdrawn from the soccer field.
Meanwhile, Guangzhou's soccer circle is also rippling. Guangzhou Automobile Group has successfully taken over Guangzhou City FC and is expected to inject funds soon this month. On the contrary, Fortune Group seems to be considering a full withdrawal from the operation of Guangzhou City. On the other hand, Evergrande decided to operate independently in the face of blocked shareholding reforms, even though not all of the annual operating expenses of up to 15 million yuan are spent on the first team, but also on comprehensive expenditures such as football schools and youth training.
Despite the recent official announcement of the club a number of partners, but the Guangzhou team received funding revenue is not yet enough to support the club's development. At present, the Guangzhou team training lineup is mainly foot school, last year's first-team players, in addition to the international players training in Hainan, other players did not receive training notice, the club has not communicated with the players on the retention of players. And several veterans such as Huang Bowen, Meifang, etc., has been open or implied to make the decision to retire.
