On March 11th, a spring day, the storm of unpaid wages in the domestic soccer industry once again made waves. Media personality Li Xuan spoke out on social media platforms to voice the grievances of domestic players suffering from long-term wage arrears and advocated for the establishment of a players' guild to defend their rights.
Tracing back to Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club, there had been concerns over the non-payment of salary to foreign aid worker Ahmedov. Ahmadov intervened in a salary dispute with Chinese Super League club Tianjin Jinmenhu through his lawyers and filed a disciplinary application with the World Football Federation (WFF) after he was owed salary. Soon after, WFC made a ruling and issued a ban on player transfer registration against Tianjin Jinmenhu. However, just yesterday, Zhu Yi, the administrator of German Transfer China, announced that Tianjin Jinmenhu had settled Ahmadov's salary in full at the end of February, and FIFA's registration ban was lifted.
While foreign aiders have been able to seek support from international organizations and resolve disputes when they encounter unpaid wages, the issue of unpaid wages for domestic players has been slow to be resolved, with many players facing long and high unpaid wages. Against this backdrop, many players have taken to social media to seek public attention. In the face of the widespread phenomenon of unpaid wages in domestic clubs and the huge difference between Chinese and foreign players' salary collection situations, Li Xuan expressed her views on her personal social media platforms.
Li Xuan said bluntly, "It's not just the Jinmen Tiger family, the clubs must fulfill the salary owed to foreign aid even if someone intervenes, while Chinese players can only hope on the Arbitration Committee, and even if the ruling comes down, they can't implement it. Chinese players, it's time to establish their own players' union!"
