As the winter transfer window kicks off, the market is flooded with players moving on. Fu Huan, the Hong Kong soccer star, has encountered a complicated transfer dilemma in this wave. Despite the arrival of 2024, last year's dispute lingers like a ghost. Nanjing Football Club made a strong official response to the situation, imposing harsh penalties on two players, including 31-year-old international Fu Huan. Fu Huan left the team without any reason from Nov. 21 to Dec. 28 and has yet to return, a move that dealt a major blow to the team. For this, the Nanjing club not only fined 50,000 yuan, but also terminated the labor contract with Fu Huan and canceled his 2023 performance.
A player who suffered a similar fate to Fu Huan was Sun Guoliang. He received three suspensions and a hefty fine of 50,000 RMB for violent assault. Although Sun was punished, he at least kept his job and has a chance to return to the game. Fu Huan, on the other hand, has no such possibility, and is now in need of negotiating his next move with the Harbor Club. Due to the fines and wages involved, Fu Huan has opted to go through arbitration, which will undoubtedly be a long fight.
Fu Huan was loaned to Nanjing in 2023 and made 29 appearances throughout the year, including 26 starts, contributing 2 assists, making him an indispensable mainstay of the team. Nanjing finally ranked fifth with 12 wins, 13 draws and 5 losses with 49 points, although there is still a 12-point gap with the goal of surpassing, but the original intention of introducing Fu Huan is precisely to use this to improve the strength of the team. However, this dispute has complicated everything.
For this dispute, the outside world also has many questions. On the one hand, Fu Huan's unauthorized absence from the team coincided with a holiday when the team did not train, and such an unauthorized absence as a justification for a heavy penalty seems a bit far-fetched. On the other hand, there was also controversy over the reasonableness of the penalty itself. Players were penalized for illegally canceling their performance, which is not common in the music department's approach, so its reasonableness is questionable. As a result, the penalty directly helped the club save Fu Huan's performance bonus for the 2023 season.
Of course, this also means that the player's interests are jeopardized and arbitration becomes the only viable way to resolve the situation. For Fu Huan, it is more important to find a way out of the 2024 season as soon as possible. Muscat's appointment provides an opportunity to "reshuffle" the squad. If you can get Muscat's favor, Fu Huan still has the possibility to stay in the team; otherwise, he may have to face the choice of rent.
