Although the Chinese Super League has come to an end, the competition behind it has not stopped. The controversial Chinese professional league attraction adjustment fee system, its survival or abolition of the debate will soon be revealed.
Since the 2017 season, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) has introduced a reinforcement adjustment fee policy to curb the soaring prices of internal and external reinforcements. According to media statistics, there have been eight foreign aid transfers to pay the adjustment fee, totaling more than one billion yuan. However, this system has been controversial since its introduction, not only because of the inability to issue invoices in violation of the provisions of the association's management and fees, but also planned for the funds used for youth training due to the inability to account for the funds are stranded in the bank. What's more, some clubs have paid in full while others have failed to meet their obligations, and questions of fairness and equity have arisen.
This season, the financial situation of many clubs has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and it is feared that some clubs would have been eliminated from all levels of the league had it not been for the positive response of all parties. A club that had paid the reinforcement adjustment fee applied for a refund of the fee for reasons other than the failure of other clubs to pay according to the regulations, but also their own survival difficulties. After all, if you can return tens of millions of dollars or even hundreds of millions of dollars of adjustment fees, for clubs in financial crisis, it is like a blessing in disguise.
In addition, Cangzhou Lions Club announced yesterday that it has terminated the contract with its head coach Guterbi, and the team will be temporarily replaced by U21 head coach Liu Yan. Before the season, Cangzhou Lions introduced a number of well-known players, strength greatly increased. But the first stage of the Super League, Cangzhou Lions performance is far from expectations, 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 negative results, so that it ranked second to last in the Guangzhou region, had to enter the relegation group.
