BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- After experiencing a delay from Feb. 26 to an adjustment on March 26 and finally coming to an end on April 12, the winter transfer window of China's third-tier soccer league, like a marathon across the harsh winter, drew to a close in the season of spring.
In this "extra time", the domestic players transfer market is really lively, however, behind this warm, more is a special environment of "false prosperity". Foreign aid transfers, whether it is the number or price, compared with the past have fallen off a cliff. After stepping into the golden dollar era of the Chinese Super League transfer window, showing unprecedented calm and rational.
On the last day of the transfer window, Shenzhen Football Club announced the introduction of three foreign aiders. Photo from Shenzhen Football Club.
The phenomenon of "forced heat" in the domestic assistance market
I have to admit that the winter transfer window of the 2021 Chinese Super League season was much hotter than expected. On deadline day, there were nearly 20 transfer deals for Chinese Super League teams.
The heating up of this market is closely related to the dissolution of the defending champions Jiangsu, Beijing Orange and Fung, and the "rebirth" of Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.
National football, former Jiangsu team captain Wu Xi joined Shanghai Shenhua, Li Ang joined Shanghai harbor, Gao Tianyi joined Beijing Guoan, Ji Xiang joined Shandong Taishan, Yang Xiaotian joined Guangzhou City, Xie Pengfei, Luo Jing, Abdul Hemiti and other players to join the Cangzhou Lions, the entire championship lineup was dispersed to various teams.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers in the process of "rebirth" lost Dujia, Zhao Hongliu, Zheng Kaimu, Guo Hao and other strength players, but before the transfer window closed, through a large number of rental, the introduction of Shandong Taishan foreign aid Kadar, Chen Kerui, Guoan's Barton, Shenhua from the Zhen, as well as Wuhan Zhou Tong and other 13 players, a time to become the introduction of players! The big player.
Wu Xi joins Shanghai Shenhua. Photo from Shanghai Shenhua Football Club.
Seize the good time to plunge to the bottom
In the specific context of the new salary limit policy and the changing needs of investors, this winter window has also become a good time to take a plunge, with many teams completing lineup upgrades in a very cost-effective manner. For example, Shanghai Shenhua in addition to the introduction of the national football team captain Wu Xi in the form of a waiver, but also the introduction of Hebei team center back Jin Yangyang. If in the golden dollar era, the total transfer fee of these two people should be at least more than 100 million.
Apart from Shenhua, two other veteran teams, Beijing Guoan and Shandong Taishan, have also become winners of the plunge. The former brought in young players Gao Tianyi and Cao Yongjing from disbanded Jiangsu and Beijing Orange and Fung, while the latter brought in Shi Ke from Shanghai Harbor, Xu Xin from Guangzhou and Ji Xiang from disbanded Jiangsu.
Shandong Taishan brought in former Guangzhou midfielder Xu Xin. Photo from Shandong Taishan Football Club.
The Cangzhou Lions, who have returned to the Chinese Super League this season on a deputation basis, have made 14 consecutive 10 a.m. official announcements after the 13th official announcement of Ahmadov joining the team, as they have waived a total of seven players from Jiangsu and Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, as well as bringing in Lin Chuangyi and foreigner Ahmadov from Shanghai Seaport, Zhao Xuebin from Dalian People, and Chen Zhongliu from Suzhou Dongwu, among others.
In these 14 transactions of Cangzhou Lions, only the junior Bugla Khan, who was brought in from Guangzhou, was introduced by paying a transfer fee, and they almost completed the upgrading of the whole lineup by free of charge, which was unimaginable in the previous golden dollar era.
Moreover, the threshold for a plunge like Cangzhou Lions is very low. Comparatively speaking, clubs with veteran teams and investors who can stabilize their commitment will have an advantage.
Of course, investors are willing to pay for the salary of these "re-employed" players is also a very important factor, such as the previous attraction of the big Guangzhou team, the Dalian people team, have not been in this excellent opportunity to make a plunge, the two teams are also the most quiet in this transfer window.
Former Henan foreign aid player Bassogo joins Shanghai Shenhua. Photo from Shanghai Shenhua Football Club.
External aid market shifts to internal circulation
If the Cangzhou Lions in the internal aid market are the winners, then the Shamrocks, who returned to the Chinese Super League by hand last season, are the deal winners in the foreign aid market.
SZFC introduced Caldecott from Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic in the winter window, foreign captain Achimpen from Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, foreign back Vakaso from Jiangsu, and also introduced Colombian star Quintero, who became the king of the winter window this season with a transfer fee of 5.9 million euros. Compared with the previous tens of millions of euros transfer fee level of foreign aid, can be said to be a world of difference.
On the whole, most teams and the Shenzhen football foreign aid operation of the same idea, basically from the domestic market, Shanghai Shenhua from Henan Songshan Longmen introduced Bassogo, from Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic introduced Adrian.
Beijing Guoan introduced Sosa from Changchun Yatai to make up for the vacancies of Augusto and Fernando who could not return to the team on time because of the epidemic prevention and control. Wuhan team introduced Shenhua foreign aid Mbia, Guangzhou City introduced Beijing Orange and Fung foreign aid Thiago ...... These foreign aid introduction, also basically 0 transfer fee.
Beijing Guoan's five new recruits this season. Photo by Bian Liqun.
As for the new landing in the Chinese Super League foreign aid, but also more to the Asian range of leagues, such as Shandong Taishan team introduced South Korean foreign aid Sun Junho, and Japan's J-League Urawa Red Diamonds Leonardo, Chongqing two rivers Athletic introduced Tursunov from South Korea's K-League relegation team Busan Idol.
Even Shanghai Seaport, a cutting-edge team in the Chinese Super League, has only brought in foreign aid Meštorović from Croatian league side Osijek in the winter window this season, with a transfer fee of only 2.98 million euros, according to Der Spiegel data. Compared with Wakaso, Kadar, Larsen, who landed in the Chinese Super League last season, this season's new foreign aid in the transfer fee and price further down.
Overall, the winter transfer window in the post-golden dollar era has obviously returned to rationality and calmness, and careful budgeting has become the mainstream of the winter window. As for the "hard times" under the Premier League will show what scene, 7 days later will be able to see, this will also be a season to produce a new order. (End)
