Guangzhou ended all the matches of the season and the whole team went into vacation mode. In the past year, Guangzhou team suffered a cliff-like decline, although the results remained in the forefront, won the third place in the Chinese Super League, and continued to qualify for the AFC Champions League, but the lineup configuration and operation were bad, Paulinho, Talisca left early, and then Cannavaro, Axon, Alan, Luo Guofu, Fernando, Andrat were all absent from the second stage of the Chinese Super League, of which Coach Ka Shuai, Axon, Gaulat and Luo Guofu had completed the termination of the contract with Guangzhou, because Guangzhou team had a salary arrears.
In January 2022, the tide of Guangzhou's departure continues to spread, and local players will also choose to leave because of Guangzhou's financial troubles. Guangzhou team has two thorny problems at present, first, a number of players have contract expiration, the team should go all out to retain people; second, there has been news that Guangzhou Pharmaceutical intends to invest in Guangzhou football, may choose to invest in Guangzhou team again, Guangzhou team needs to complete the equity reform as soon as possible, get rid of the financial troubles.
According to the previous report of "Football News", the contract led by Zheng Zhi 6 people has expired, the detailed 6 people are Zheng Zhi, Liu Dianzuo, Liu Weiguo, Huang Bowen, Deng Hanwen, Mei Fang, the contracts of these players are expired at the end of 2021, there is no sign of renewal, if the Guangzhou team can not quickly solve the problem of financial troubles, these players may all leave, of which Zheng Zhi's departure will directly affect the lineup system and coaching system of the Guangzhou team, Liu Dianzuo, Deng Hanwen has come up with a good competitive state in the past year, Leaving will further weaken the overall strength of the Guangzhou team, Huang Bowen, Liu Weiguo and Mei Fang's position in the Guangzhou team has been marginalized, and leaving has little impact.
Therefore, while operating the equity reform, the Guangzhou team also needs to keep Liu Dianzuo, Deng Hanwen and Zheng Zhi with all their strength, if handled properly, the three may successfully renew their contracts, and the naturalized players Fernando and Alain may also continue to stay in the Guangzhou team. On January 7, Beijing time, Guangzhou team 7 crown meritorious defender Mei Fang has taken the lead in announcing goodbye, he released a personal official announcement, on the social platform public farewell to Guangzhou team, said: "The end of the 2021 season also means that the 7-year Guangzhou career has also come to an end." Subsequently, he expressed his gratitude to the whole Guangzhou team, including Boss Xu, Lippi, Cannavaro, Scolari, Zheng Zhi, as well as the coaching team, teammates and fans of the Guangzhou team.
Mei Fang, 32 years old, transferred to Guangzhou in January 2014, played 146 games in Guangzhou in 7 years, scored 1 goal and assisted 3 times, won 5 championship trophies of large and small sizes, including 1 AFC Champions League championship trophy, 5 Chinese Super League championship trophies, 1 FA Cup championship trophy, became Guangzhou's 7 crown meritorious center-backs, with his outstanding performance in Guangzhou, Mei Fang was promoted to an international footballer, played 24 games on behalf of the national football team, scored 1 goal. Because Mei Fang is a Wuhan native, and debuted in the Wuhan team, after leaving the Guangzhou team, there is a high probability of returning to the Wuhan team and continuing to fight for the hometown team.