Yangcheng Evening News reported that the prologue of the 2022 Chinese Super League season is about to kick off. At 4:20 p.m. today, the Guangzhou City soccer team will take off from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport on a China Southern Airlines flight destined for Haikou. Yesterday, the team's bus has arrived in Haikou in advance with equipment and medical equipment and other supplies. The first-team roster reveals that Guangzhou City FC has 35 players enrolled in this phase of the competition with an average age of 25.4 years old. During the off-season, the team renewed the contract of last season's head coach Van Garst, while Tang Miao, Cheng Yuelei, Zhang Gong and many other players also completed the contract renewal procedures. In addition, seven "after 00" players, such as Tang Jiainian and Li Zhuoxuan, have been promoted to the first team. Together with Wu Chengru and Wen Yongjun, the number of "after 00" players in Guangzhou City's team has reached 11, and the structure of the team is showing a trend of rejuvenation. However, it has been reported that Guangzhou City's share reform process has encountered obstacles, and although 100 million yuan has been deposited in the accounts, the club is unable to utilize the funds, and the originally promised payment of salary arrears has been repeatedly postponed. Players expressed dissatisfaction with this and even threatened to go on strike. However, after many rounds of communication, the club and the players have reached a tentative consensus on this issue, and the players will be on time for the tournament. However, it is reported that the players have also asked the club to raise funds within 14 days to pay three months' wages, otherwise there may be another crisis in the future. According to the schedule, Guangzhou City will face Changchun Yatai, Dalian Ren, Shandong Taishan, Henan Songshan Longmen and Zhejiang in the first five rounds of the tournament in turn.
