After the Super League, Guangdong has four teams in the 2022 season. But behind the high number of teams is the reality that the overall strength of Guangdong teams is weak. Among the four Guangdong teams, Meizhou Hakka and Shenzhen are in a relatively good situation and are still ranked in the middle of the table, while the Guangzhou duo are struggling together in the relegation zone, and the relegation situation is not optimistic.
The 2022 season is destined to be a difficult year for the club: a wave of 29 departures, an average age of the first team of only 21.12 years old, more than half of the young players from the Evergrande Football Academy with almost zero experience in the Chinese Super League, and only six points in 10 rounds of matches against fellow sufferers. The parent company's financial problems have seriously affected the club's operations.
With Guangzhou's cards, although it can see a good prospect, but in terms of the competitiveness of the moment, the possibility of relegation is minimal. The team urgently needs to strengthen its lineup in the summer window, only then can it break free from the sea of misery. Thus, Guangzhou has pinned its hopes on the reinforcement adjustment fee levied by the CFA in previous years.In 2018 and 2019, Guangzhou's multiple reinforcements exceeded the stipulated ceiling, and thus paid a considerable amount of adjustment fee. If the CFA can return this money to the club, then Guangzhou team can use this to strengthen the lineup accordingly. However, the return of the adjustment fee is still a mystery.
The situation is equally troublesome. Injuries, illnesses and unpaid wages have greatly affected the team's fighting strength, and with Fortune Group determined to withdraw from the club's operation, Guangzhou City can only wait for the completion of the club's share reform. According to the news, the state-owned enterprise consortium mainly composed of Guangzhou Automobile Group once withdrew from the share reform, which made the prospect of the club's share reform extremely bleak.
Sources said that in order to push forward the club's share reform, Fortune Group sent the club's former general manager Zhang Bin to negotiate, while Guangzhou City club chairman Huang Shenghua withdrew from Fortune Group. If the club's share reform situation can be successfully completed, then Guangzhou City still has a chance to slow down, after all, there are still 24 rounds of matches behind, and the gap between Guangzhou City and the middle and lower reaches of the team is not very big. During this period of time, Guangzhou City is actively recalling foreign core player Guilherme, and several old injured players in the team - Tang Miao, Chang Feiya, Ye Chugui are all in active recovery. As long as the share reform is completed, Guangzhou City is hopeful of relegation.
