On March 11, domestic media personality Li Xuan spoke out on social media, expressing indignation at the fact that domestic players have long faced wage arrears and difficulties in recovering them, and calling for the establishment of a players' association to safeguard the rights and interests of players.
Looking back at recent events, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers Football Club had sparked a controversy over unpaid wages to foreign aid worker Ahmedov. Ahmadov, after being owed his salary, instructed his lawyers to handle the dispute with the Chinese Super League's Tianjin Jinmen Tigers Football Club over unpaid wages and filed an application for disciplinary action with FIFA. FIFA finally ruled that a ban on player transfer registration was imposed on Tianjin Jinmenhu. It is worth mentioning that recently Zhu Yi, the administrator of DFB China, announced that Tianjin Jinmenhu had repaid all of Ahmadov's salary at the end of February, and therefore the registration ban imposed by FIFA has been lifted.
While foreigners have been able to use international agencies to resolve their problems when they suffer from unpaid wages, the issue of unpaid wages for domestic players continues to hang in the balance, leaving many players in the predicament of long and high unpaid wages. Many players have taken to social media to demand their salaries. In response, Li Xuan took to her personal social media account to comment on the current phenomenon of wage arrears prevalent in domestic soccer clubs, as well as the difference in the treatment of Chinese and foreign players who are seeking to recover their wages.
Li Xuan pointed out in the article, "Not only the Jinmen Tigers, even the money owed to foreign aid, as long as there is someone to supervise, the club must pay; while the Chinese players can only wait for the arbitration committee's decision, even if the decision comes down, it is difficult to realize. This is the reality of Chinese soccer. Chinese players, it's time to establish their own players' union!"
