With the bell ringing on April 30, the first transfer window of the 2022 Chinese Super League season slowly came to an end. Under the superimposed effects of salary limit, investment limit policy constraints, sharp reduction of club capital investment and the new crown epidemic, the transfer market of the Chinese Super League as a whole has shown a shrinking trend. Data from the German transfer market website shows that the total turnover of the winter transfer window domestic aid market is only 1.82 million euros (about 12.5 million yuan), this figure is even less than one-twelfth of the transfer fee of Zhang Chengdong, the local champion of the 2017 Chinese Super League. And this season's winter bid king, surprisingly, is the promotion horse Wuhan Three Town's foreign aid Stan Qiu, whose transfer fee is only 4 million euros, setting a record for the cheapest foreign aid bid king in the past decade.
Marker's transfer fee hits ten-year low
Once upon a time, the Chinese Super League blew a wave of gold dollar soccer, the level and price of foreign aid introduced also climbed. Since the 2015 season, the price of foreign aid in the winter transfer window of the Chinese Super League has never been lower than 15 million euros. The last foreign aid champion whose price was lower than Stanciu was Brazilian Roshenbach in the 2012 season, when he joined Dalian Albin at a price of 3.05 million euros. In fact, taking into account the general rise in player transfer fees in recent years, Roshenbach that year's price by today's standards, it is likely to exceed Stan Qiu, after all, Roshenbach that year's popularity is still far more than Stan Qiu.
Wuhan Three Towns second in the Chinese Super League in terms of total value, Hebei at the bottom of the table
Despite being a promoted team, Wuhan Sanzhen performed well in the winter transfer window. In addition to signing the champion Stanciu foreigner for 4 million euros, they also spent 2 million euros to bring in Davidson, who has become the second most expensive new player in this year's winter transfer window. In addition, Wuhan Three Town also signed Xie Pengfei, Gao Junyi, Tao Qianglong, He Chao, Deng Hanwen, Liu Dengzuo and other strength of the internal aid, the team's total value of 18.15 million euros, second only to Shanghai seaport's 35.7 million euros, and even more than the reigning champion, the old giants of Shandong Taishan's 17.65 million euros. After the departure of many players, the former tycoon Hebei team's value plummeted to 2.03 million euros, ranking last in the Chinese Super League, and they are also regarded as the biggest relegation favorites in the new season with a full Chinese class.
Domestic players' value jumps Total trade volume dismal
Due to numerous domestic clubs owing wages, coupled with the poor economic situation, many players failed to renew their contracts upon expiration, and many others terminated their contracts with their clubs to obtain free agency, and thus their transfer fees were zero when joining their new owners. According to the German transfer market website calculations, the total turnover of the winter transfer window domestic aid market is only 1.82 million euros (about 12.5 million yuan). In stark contrast, in 2017, the Chinese Super League's local champion Zhang Chengdong joined Hebei Huaxia Happiness from Beijing Guoan with a transfer fee of up to 150 million yuan, and his price is twelve times the total turnover of the domestic aid market in this year's winter transfer window! In the last ten years, the winter transfer window price of domestic local players has not been less than 20 million yuan, the last time less than 20 million yuan is the 2011 season to join the Guangzhou team Feng Xiaoting, but at that time, his transfer fee was also 15 million yuan.
