The night of June 20 made waves in the Guangzhou soccer world as it was officially announced that Brazilian star Paulinho was released from his contract. Paulinho's departure marks the end of an era of foreign superstars in the Chinese Super League. For the future direction of the Chinese Super League, undoubtedly cast a huge suspense.
In the official announcement, Guangzhou Football Salon explained: In view of the complex and severe situation of the global new crown epidemic, in accordance with the provisions of the domestic epidemic prevention, Paulinho can not return to fulfill the contract on schedule. After friendly consultation, the two sides decided to formally terminate the contract. Paulinho also revealed his departure mood on social media: "Because of the epidemic, I had to say goodbye to Evergrande, the heart is very sad." Epidemic, became the key to cut Paulinho and the Chinese Super League edge.
Paulinho returned to Brazil with his family after the Chinese Super League season last year. At the beginning of this year, under the arrangement of the club, he tried to return to China. Once, Paulinho and his family had already flown to Europe, waiting for the return flight, home unexpected situation, he returned to Brazil from Europe with his family. This accident insulated Paulinho from China. Since then, the club has repeatedly arranged for him and his family to return to China, but due to the strict entry policy, Paulinho has never been able to bring his family back. Until today, he has lost patience and has repeatedly requested the club to terminate his contract.
The club will still have to pay Paulinho's salary while he is unable to return to the team. Guangzhou, which was in transition, also agreed to terminate Paulinho's contract in order to save money. After friendly negotiations between the two sides, they finally chose to part ways peacefully. In fact, Paulinho is not the only foreign aid who cannot return to the Chinese Super League due to the epidemic.
Prior to this, Guangzhou's other foreigner Talisca has also moved away from the team. Beijing Guoan's Augusto, Shandong Luneng's Guedes and Moises are all currently inaccessible for the time being. During this period, news about Augusto, Guedes and others asking for a transfer has also been rumored. The inability of these foreign aiders to return to the team on time not only makes the Chinese Super League clubs pay salaries for nothing, but also makes the competitive level of the Chinese Super League suffer.
