This season's Chinese Super League has all come to an end, but for Dalian and Qingdao, there is still a very important game waiting for them, which is the second game of the Super League play-off.
In the first leg of the Super League Play-off on the 8th, Dalian drew 1-1 with Chengdu Rongcheng, while Qingdao lost 0-1 to Zhejiang. Judging from the results of this score and the performance of Qingdao this season, their relegation is probably inevitable.
However, there is an old saying that "there is no way out of the sky", although the current Qingdao team is only one step away from relegation, they still have hope to stay in the Chinese Super League next season. This is because Chongqing Liangjiang Athletics, which has struggled to complete relegation this season, may withdraw from Chinese football in the future.
Recently, a report from a well-known domestic sports media said that the process of Chongqing club share reform was very unsuccessful. In order to help the Chongqing team tide over the difficulties, the relevant departments of Chongqing Municipality contacted a number of large local enterprises, hoping that one or two of these enterprises would be able to take over the Chongqing club.
But unfortunately, so far, no company has expressed its willingness to take over the Chongqing club.
As we all know, under the influence of the bubble burst of gold dollar football and some other factors, this season's Chinese Super League has entered an unprecedented winter. The hot professional football clubs of the past are now no longer in the market, and the root cause of this situation is that the companies that take over these clubs do not benefit from any benefits.
Due to the serious bubble in the domestic professional football league in the past 10 years, the operating costs of the club have increased significantly, and no club is now without losses. Even if there is no transfer fee, but to take over these clubs, you still have to bear hundreds of millions, billions or even billions of debts.
In other words, the companies that take over the club have not yet made money through football and are already saddled with huge debts. Moreover, according to the provisions of the Football Association's neutral name policy, these companies cannot yet name clubs in their own names. Just think, in such a situation, how many companies are willing to be the wrongdoers?
This is the case with the Chongqing club, which is reportedly gradually withdrawn from the club by the investors of Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, Contemporary Group, and they hope to eventually retain only about 10% of the club's shares.
However, in the absence of enterprises willing to take over, the plan of the contemporary group may be difficult to achieve, which is also the fundamental reason for the delay in promoting the share reform of Chongqing Club.
According to reports, if the club's share reform problem has not been solved, then next season Chongqing team is really likely to withdraw from Chinese football. At that time, the Cangzhou Lions (formerly Shijiazhuang Yongchang) will inevitably return to the Chinese Super League after relegation this season, and qingdao is likely to become this "lucky one".
Even with such a good opportunity, Qingdao team is probably not willing to stay in the Chinese Super League next season. Because Qingdao Club originally did not intend to rush to the top, but because Qingdao is the host city of the 2023 Asian Cup, in order to save face, the owner of Qingdao Club reluctantly agreed to the team's entry into the Chinese Super League.
Nowadays, the Chinese Super League is a chicken feather, Qingdao team has lost interest in continuing to stay in the Chinese Super League, and relegation to the Chinese First Division is their most ideal choice. Therefore, if Chongqing really withdraws from football next season, it is likely that the team that will be relegated to the Chinese Super League will be a Chinese First Division team. I just don't know, which Chinese League A club is willing to stomp on the muddy waters of the Chinese Super League...