Don't look at the lack of competitions these days, but chinese football is actually still turbulent, there are two major news we must know: first, there is news that Wanda intends to withdraw from Dalian's investment; secondly, SIPG's interest in investing in Shanghai Harbor is no longer as high as in the past!
First message: Wanda is interested in withdrawing
This news is not empty, as early as last season (2021), there were rumors that Wanda wanted to withdraw from investing in Dalian people, but in the retention of Dalian related parties, Wanda chose to continue to stick to it.
Originally, Dalian people wanted to make a difference this season, but due to the lack of strength of the team (mainly because the number of foreign aides has not been in place), they fell into the mud of relegation early. Finally, in the relegation play-off match against Chengdu Rongcheng, after being awarded a penalty by the referee, the dalian people broke out (besieging the referee), and as many as several people were banned and fined.
It is said that this is related to the huge pressure on the Dalian people, the reason is nothing more than that if the team is relegated, Wanda may really quit completely! Therefore, Dalian people pay special attention to these two games.
Second news: SIPG's interest is gloomy
As we all know, Shanghai Harbor can be said to be a team built by Chen Shuyuan, during his tenure as chairman of SIPG, he gave a lot of support to the team (mainly in terms of funds), it can be said that the shanghai harbor team still has a strong "Chen Shuyuan" imprint. But now that Chen Shuyuan has been out of office for two years, SIPG has also replaced a new "talker" and is no longer in charge of him.
According to insiders, SIPG "parachuted" a new leader some time ago, and the original person who managed football has fallen to the position of third in command. In the future, SIPG's investment interest in Shanghai's seaport is bound to not be as high as before.
Combined with the above two news, it can be seen that the Chinese Super League is indeed a bit precarious in it, the brand value of the entire league has fallen to the bottom, and investors also feel that investing in Chinese football is no longer cost-effective, and they just want to stop the loss as soon as possible!
On the last day of 2021, the president of the Football Association, Chen Shuyuan, held a year-end summary meeting, at which Chen Shuyuan made a rare self-confession: Chen Shuyuan believed that the national team's performance was not good, and he had a lot of responsibility. But Chen Shuyuan has never apologized for the downturn in the league, and perhaps in his heart, the weight of the league is far inferior to that of the national team.
Just recently, the media has exposed a heavy policy of the Football Association, and the investment cap of Chinese Super League teams in the next year is expected to drop from the original 600 million to less than 300 million yuan. This policy should be the biggest concession made by Chen Shuyuan in order to appease investors. In this way, Wanda and SIPG, as well as those investors who intend to exit the Chinese Super League, may reconsider, 300 million per year, it seems that it is not a lot. Fans, what is your point of view? Discussion is welcome.