On January 11, Beijing time, Du Liyan, a translator of the former Shenzhen (Kaisa) team, revealed a fierce material. Former Shenzhen foreign aid John Mari, because of the search for Guangzhou Evergrande's meritorious foreign aid Paulinho for a jersey, and was insulted by the club's general manager Ding Yong "angry reprimand".
This happened after the 10th round of the Chinese Super League last season, when Guangzhou (Evergrande) beat Shenzhen (Kaisa) 2-0. After that game, Mali took the initiative to find Evergrande foreign aid Paulinho to greet him, and the two also exchanged jerseys very friendly.
This matter was also learned by Ding Yong, the general manager of the Shenzhen club, perhaps because of the bad mood of losing, and then Ding Yong found an interpreter in the club's social work group in the early morning of the next day of the match, asking the latter to translate his words to John Mali unchanged.
Judging from the group chat records exposed by Du Liyan, Ding Yong's words in the group are very "ugly", and he angrily rebuked Mali for "licking his face to find Evergrande players to ask for jerseys", "faceless things", "humble knees", claiming that "tomorrow you can find a team transfer." Five days later, in the match between Shenzhen and Henan Songshan Longmen (Jianye), although Mali started and completed the second goal in 10 minutes, he was replaced due to injury in the 42nd minute of the game, and then missed the next four games.
Now that Paulinho and John Mali have left the Chinese Super League, Paulinho has returned to the First Division to join Corinthians, while Mali has been loaned by Shenzhen to play for the Fukuoka Hornets in the J-League, he has now ended his loan, and Mali's contract with Shenzhen will expire in the second half of this year, whether he will return to play in the Chinese Super League is still unknown.