With the good news that Zheng Zhi was officially announced by Guangzhou as the team's executive manager and player on December 9, the club's senior management quickly convened an emergency meeting with all the players. During the meeting, the management made a solemn promise to solve the problem of players' salary arrears and hoped that the players would go all out to finish the season and ensure that Guangzhou could retain its qualification for the Chinese Super League.
Below are the key points emphasized by management during the meeting:
Firstly, the management assured that the players' outstanding salary entitlements would be paid in future and a supplementary agreement would be signed with the players;
Secondly, the management expects all the players to brave the difficulties, train hard and do their best to ensure that Guangzhou can retain the qualification for the Chinese Super League, continue the glory of the eight champions and lay a solid foundation for the Chinese Super League journey in the next season;
Thirdly, the management also wants all the players to work together to avoid a repeat of the history of the 2020 season when the championship team bowed out of the tournament.
