After returning home, the Chinese national soccer team has been under strict quarantine at the camp at Mission Hills in Haikou. The team is expected to be released from quarantine around the 24th, when the players will return to the training ground and start the full preparation for the new season. As the league draws near, the national soccer team began regular training upon arrival in Haikou to prepare for the long season. The coaching team has also designed a special training program to enhance the players' physical reserves.
In addition to the preparation work, the personal future of the players has also become the focus. According to soccer newspaper, the current Guangzhou team of five international players Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Guangtai, Liu Dengzuo, Gao Junyi, Liao Lixiang, Liao Lixiang has been confirmed to transfer to Shandong Taishan, while Zhang Linpeng and Jiang Guangtai is likely to join Shanghai Harbor team. In addition, the future core player of the national football team, Dai Weijun, is also the target of Shanghai Harbor Team. Due to the Shenzhen team's previous tension with Dai Weijun over unpaid wages, this transfer seems to be in sight.
Outside of career development, of the current 25 players in the national soccer team, all of them have suffered varying degrees of unpaid wages, except for seven players from Shandong Taishan and two international players from Shanghai Harbor. Although the Football Association has made clear the three time points and processes for dealing with salary arrears in the Chinese Super League entry criteria, it is still unknown whether the full amount of salary arrears can be recovered for these higher-paid international players.
