On October 22, an explosive news circulated among the major media - Tianjin Tianhai FC took Shanghai Shenhua Football Club to court, accusing it of owing players transfer fees of up to 45 million yuan. This case has been officially admitted to trial by the Tianjin Second Intermediate Court. In the face of this incident, many media people have expressed their opinions.
Song Chengliang mentioned in his comments, "Let's talk about the so-called lawsuit between Shenhua and Tianhai. Shenhua's side has balked at the idea that there is no economic dispute, and I speculate that it may have something to do with the adjustment fee, which many clubs use to cover the arrears of unknown players in big-name player deals."
He then questioned why this lawsuit had moved out of FIFA's jurisdiction and into civil court, which seemed rather unusual in soccer, where issues should normally be resolved within the industry.
Further, regarding the key player in this dispute, it is understood that this player became the party owing money to Shenhua in the recent transfer, and the two clubs eventually turned to the
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Arbitration was conducted and the result was in favor of Shenhua.
Finally, reminiscent of last year's bizarre incident in the final round of the regular season, where outsiders tried to get Jianye to thwart Shenhua but ultimately failed to do so, Shenhua is confident that the fiasco won't affect them in the
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performance in the two rounds of the Cup.
