After a month of careful preparation, Guangzhou City's preparation work has been on track. The manager is firmly seated in the marshal's seat, the main lineup is solid, all the rental players have returned to the team, and the equity reform is progressing smoothly....... All the signs show that Guangzhou City's preparations for the new season are moving forward in an orderly manner.
Let's start with a key topic: "Can the team survive?". In terms of equity reform, Guangzhou City is one of the few teams that have made substantial progress and are expected to succeed. While the team is in winter training, the shareholding reform is led by GAC, and a brand new Guangzhou City Football Club is about to be unveiled.
The Guangzhou Automobile Working Group has long been stationed at Guangzhou City Football Club to actively carry out various tasks. The importance that Guangzhou Automobile Group attaches to the equity reform can be seen, and they have even sent senior leaders and managers to join the working group. It is understood that the senior leader is Chen Hanjun, the deputy general manager of Guangzhou Automobile Group, who was born in Meizhou, Guangdong Province and is now 60 years old. While gaining an in-depth understanding of the team's structure, the club's composition, the youth training system and the soccer base, the BAIC working group conducted a detailed research on all aspects of the club.
As for the former R&F Group, it may no longer be involved in the shareholding of Guangzhou City FC, but the original club's management team may still be retained. After all, they know soccer operations very well, and they are also full of affection for this club, following the principle of "professional people do professional things".
Another issue of concern is Guangzhou City's unpaid wages, which are currently about four months in arrears and need to be dealt with. This unpaid wages occurred before the start of the second phase of the 2021 Chinese Super League season, and the issue of unpaid wages persists despite the fact that the Guangzhou Municipal authorities paid out a bonus to Guangzhou City Football Club for their successful relegation during the Chinese New Year.
Fortunately, this problem has not caused too much impact on the current stage of equity reform. It is reported that a preliminary plan has been formulated to deal with the issue: all outstanding salaries will be divided into two parts, with this year's New Year's Day as the boundary, the outstanding salaries of last year's club staff will still be borne by the Fortune Group, and the outstanding salaries after January 1, 2022 will be borne by the new shareholders after the success of the shareholding reform.
A Fuli insider said, "The fact that the original shareholders and the new shareholders can reach an agreement on the issue of unpaid wages on the one hand shows that Fuli bosses Zhang Li and Li Silian are very righteous; on the other hand, it also demonstrates the tolerance and care of Guangzhou Automobile and other companies, which has pushed the equity reform forward steadily." Now, we just need to wait for the finalization of the shareholding reform, and Guangzhou Automobile as the new shareholder is expected to inject capital into the club this month.
