It has just been revealed that Evergrande's Xu Jiayin has been arrested by the judiciary. This sudden news, like a heavy bomb, has instantly caused an uproar in the global and Chinese soccer circles. Under the helm of Xu Jiayin, the Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club under the Evergrande Group had reached its peak, and the team was once crowned as the "Asian giants", winning 8 Chinese Super League championships and 2 Asian Championships, and writing a new chapter in Chinese soccer. However, with Evergrande Group and Xu Jiayin in the news, this soccer legend has gradually lost the public's respect.

Yuan A sharply commented on his personal social media, "Even though Yuan A has made a difference in Chinese soccer, those funds are tainted and have brought disaster to the country and its people, and the crime is deep. The mess left behind is difficult to clean up and the country is facing a tricky challenge." Yuan A used the phrase "bring disaster to the country and people" to describe Evergrande and Xu Jiayin, and the gravity of the words is evident.

Although Yuan Jia's comments provoked protests from some fans, who believed that Evergrande had not brought substantial contributions to Chinese soccer. One fan said bluntly, "What contribution has Evergrande made? It is just a super team piled up with money, and behind the false prosperity, the strength of the national team is deteriorating." "Evergrande is a thousand sins, what contribution?" Other fans questioned, "What contribution has Evergrande actually made? What is the benefit of money soccer when it brings in players at high prices and destroys the youth training system?" "All this money is cheated, using this money to introduce foreign aid, in exchange for only a short period of false prosperity?"

Evergrande's transformation from its former glory to its current widespread criticism has been sobering. Although the extent of Evergrande's contribution to Chinese soccer is still debatable, in the face of its huge debt and loss figures, the initial claim that "Evergrande is a private enterprise, Mr. Xu invested in soccer with his own money" has undoubtedly been seriously questioned.

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