Du Zhaocai, the former head of the Chinese Football Association, has now been officially arrested. As the preliminary hearing falls, he will usher in a harsh legal trial. Since Du Zhaocai took charge of the Football Association in 2017, six years have passed, and the former leader of the soccer world is now behind bars. Behind many events, there are sad stories hidden; and the existence of Du Zhaocai like this has undoubtedly brought indelible pain to Chinese soccer.
In the summer of 2017, Du Zhaocai suddenly descended to the position of the FA's hand. Cai Zhenhua was already marginalized, Du Zhaocai became the de facto soul of the Association. At the beginning of his tenure, Du Zhaocai drastically reformed the much criticized "transfer fee" system, and not only did he not relax the constraints on clubs, but also increased the policy to plug loopholes, so that clubs could not escape from the "high tax" trouble.
To 2020, Guangzhou Evergrande, Beijing Guoan, Tianjin Tianhai and other clubs have paid more than 1.5 billion to the Football Association to correct errors, once became Du Zhaocai's "vault". However, this huge sum of money of unknown origin has now become a "bad debt" that is difficult to recover. The destination of the funds, how to extract, has become an unresolved mystery. Obviously, this is a fatal blow to Du Zhaocai period of "backroom operation".
During Du Zhaocai's tenure at the helm of the Football Association, the Chinese Super League was in disarray, with new policies being introduced every year. He tried to create a "national team to participate in the professional league", and also wanted to form a "national training team", and even forced the selection of players from various teams, military training during the tournament, the formation of the so-called "U25 national team The so-called "U25 national team" was formed. All of these policies ended in failure, but the Chinese Super League standings and sponsor confidence caused a devastating blow. In fact, the Chinese Super League, although still in the golden dollar era, has gradually gone into decline.
In the summer of 2019, Chen Xuyuan officially joined the Football Association, and Du Zhaocai's monopoly ended. For a while, Chen Xuyuan inside, Du Zhaocai outside, the two on the surface of the same opinion, but in fact, the dark current surging. In order to consolidate the authority of the Association, Du Zhaocai even went so far as to expand the power structure of the Association, mobilizing his "friends" to attack Chen Xuyuan. So far, the Football Association has become a Du, Chen two people competing with each other's fame and fortune, one can not help but wonder, how much attention can be paid to soccer.
However, Du Zhaocai's greatest damage to Chinese soccer goes far beyond that.In 2019, China's national Olympic team lost to Vietnam at home, sparking an uproar. It was later revealed that the national team selection was manipulated by the organization and reduced to a tool for profit transfer. As Du Zhaocai, who controlled the selection of youngsters at the time, naturally could not escape the blame. This is the act of destroying the foundation of Chinese soccer, and is the most unforgivable crime of Du Zhaocai.
