The latest news reveals that on March 12, Dalian People's Football Club ushered in a major change. It was officially announced that a professional working group has taken over the club and is fully responsible for its operations. Although Wanda Group will still bear the operating costs of the club for the next three years, it has quietly withdrawn from the soccer field.
Meanwhile, the Guangzhou soccer world is in flux. Guangzhou Auto Group's takeover of Guangzhou City FC is progressing well, and is expected to start injecting money into the team this month. On the contrary, Fortune Group will probably withdraw from the operation of Guangzhou City altogether. In the background of the equity reform is blocked, Evergrande Group decided to independently maintain the operation of the club, the annual operating costs of 15 million is not all for the first team, but also includes a full range of expenditures, such as football schools and youth training.
Although the club has recently announced several partners, the funding revenue received by the Guangzhou team is not enough to constitute strong support for the club. At present, the Guangzhou team's training is mainly by the football school is responsible for, last year's first-team players, in addition to the international players in Hainan training, other players did not receive training notice, the club has not been on the player's retention and communication with the players. In addition, including Huang Bowen, Mei Fang and several other veterans, has publicly or semi-publicly announced the decision to retire.