He has sworn to defend the mountain city without hesitation, but he has not paid his salary for two years, and his splendor is fading away.
No shame for the mountain town, no shame for the fans, but no shame for the family.
In front of the Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic Football Salon, those banners asking for help are particularly eye-catching, they are not only the voice of the players and staff, but also a signal of the decline of Chongqing soccer.
Despite the efforts to struggle, but this summer, Chongqing soccer "death" statement officially sounded.
On May 24, at 10:00 a.m., Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Football Salon released a statement, "After careful discussion at the shareholders' meeting, we very regretfully decided to withdraw from the Chinese Professional Football League and close the team."
The tragedy of Chongqing soccer is also a true reflection of the current state of Chinese soccer. In three years, three top league teams have announced their closure and withdrawal.
In May 2020, Tianjin Tianhai Salon announced its closure. Tianjin Quanjian was once a popular team for its big spending on international stars such as Modeste, Pato, and Witsel, as well as domestic players such as Wang Yongper and Zhao Xuri. However, in the face of the challenges that followed, the "landlord" team eventually failed to escape the closure of the end.
On February 28, 2021, defending champion Jiangsu Football Salon announced the suspension of its operations. In the previous season, Jiangsu Suning, which had been dormant for many years, made team history by winning the Chinese Super League title for the first time under the leadership of Wu Xi and a host of other popular international players.
Against the backdrop of a number of policies promoted by the Football Association, including "neutralization", and an economic crisis caused by the epidemic, Suning eventually chose to close down. As of today, Jiangsu Suning still owes a large amount of salary.
On May 24, 2022, Chongqing, in the midst of the storm, finally failed to escape the fate of closure.
With regard to the issue of salary arrears of Salon players, Salon has clearly stated that it will make its best efforts to gradually repay the salary arrears by continuing to raise funds through late litigation recovery, debt recovery, asset sale and loans from the Group. However, as we all know, the possibilities are slim.
It is saddening to see this team, which has survived in Chinese professional soccer for 25 years, bid farewell to Chinese professional soccer in such a way since 1997, when the former Defender Huan Dao moved to Chongqing.
"Due to the change of objective conditions, the stock reform work failed to advance on schedule, the salon debt is accumulating, the account is frozen, and the employees are living in extreme difficulties." In fact, the difficulties described in the official statement of Chongqing team exist in several salons.
According to statistics, within three years, China's third tier of soccer has closed 34 teams, and there are still many salons struggling to maintain, and if they can't hold out, they may also follow in the footsteps of Chongqing.
Neutral name, share reform, unpaid wages, closure, Chinese soccer struggles to survive in the desperate situation. However, after the prosperity of "golden dollar soccer" faded, the financial crisis of the Chinese Super League teams generally appeared, and the survival of the Chinese Super League is worrying.
First of all, there is nothing wrong with the "neutral name" policy promoted by the Football Association for the promotion of team culture, but under the current circumstances, it has directly led to the withdrawal of a large number of investors and sponsors. If the interests of investors and sponsors are not protected, who will have the extra money to support the team?
In addition, the issue of stock reform has also become one of the focuses of the game between salons and all parties. In addition to the successful completion of a few salons such as Shandong Taishan and Shanghai Seaport, a number of salons have been deadlocked at one time on the issue of stock reform.
At present, the ability to liquidate debt has been a problem for Chinese salons, the team itself has almost no blood production and profitability, when investors choose to retreat, the team is facing, but also only the closure and exit.
Farewell to Chongqing, the cold winter of Chinese soccer, continues ......
