Recently, some Brazilian media have reported on the news of Oscar's contact with Barca, but according to the understanding of this reporter, there are still doubts about whether Oscar will leave, and the current attitude of the seaport to Oscar's contact with Barca is not clear.
On the 11th, the reporter conducted an in-depth investigation into the brazilian media TNT Sports's report on the Oscar's contact with Barcelona. Multiple sources confirmed that Oscar did get in touch with the La Liga giants, and that it was Horabchin (the agents of Pereira, Oscar, López, Mooi and Teixeira) who had worked with Shanghai Seaport many times over the years. However, the Oscars can land in La Liga is still in doubt. According to insiders, the current attitude of the seaport to Oscar's contact with Barcelona is not clear. One of the most important factors is how much the other party can provide for the transfer fee. Just two days ago, the Chengdu meeting held by the Chinese Football Association also made the Chinese Super League giants face a state of uncertainty.
As we all know, Oscar renewed his contract with Shanghai SIPG for 4 years at the end of 2019, and the new contract expires on December 1, 2024. Since the operation was completed before the issuance of the Super Salary Limit Order, the Oscars still have a high annual salary of 26 million euros. Therefore, some Spanish media claimed that Oscar salaries had fallen sharply to 2.5 million euros after the rumors of transfers, which is not accurate. In this regard, the reporter also learned from within the team that the harbor has not implemented any salary cuts for the Oscars in the past year, and there is no discount. Not only that, but the players' monthly salaries are paid on time, and the bonuses are also a knot. Therefore, the rumor that "the seaport took the initiative to cut wages led to the Oscars choosing to leave" has zero credibility.
However, because the Oscars still receive an annual salary of more than 20 million euros per year, the club and SIPG are under a lot of pressure. Since the beginning of this season, SIPG has invested carefully in the field of football and is unwilling to spend more money. In a way, that's one reason they missed Malcom last summer.
The "Financial Agreed Indicators for Chinese Super League Clubs" issued at the end of 2020 stipulates that the total expenditure of clubs in a single fiscal year shall not exceed 600 million yuan. At the second general meeting of the 11th Chinese Football Association held in Chengdu last weekend, a signal was revealed by many clubs. At the meeting, some delegates specifically pointed out that in 2022, clubs need to further strictly implement the salary limit policy, and it is recommended that the annual investment of the first team be limited to 300 million yuan. It is understood that the so-called 300 million yuan investment cap concept is only an advocacy, and has not formed a specific official announcement, but invisibly, it is also affecting the planning plan of individual clubs for the new season. Of course, because the nature of this meeting belongs to the Chinese Football Association Member Congress, not a league work conference, nor a professional league special governance work meeting, so in the eyes of some professionals, the concept of 300 million investment caps is difficult to realize immediately. This time, it is more like a kind of "blowing wind".
However, even without the concept of the 300 million investment cap, it does not mean that the club will not take the initiative to move closer to this. Among them, there are deeper reasons. For example, the reason why the equity mixed reform of individual Chinese Super League clubs is so difficult is that the preparatory investors do not recognize the annual investment scale of the club. "Some local state-owned enterprises still have very strict financial assessment and review for investing in football clubs. Therefore, in order to ensure the smooth share reform of the club, it may be necessary for some big clubs to strictly control the salary standard, and even take the initiative to reduce the annual investment amount. In this way, for state-owned enterprises, it will not cause too much pressure. A person familiar with the matter revealed. According to the reporter's understanding, Shanghai Harbor has always maintained a positive attitude towards optimizing the equity structure of the club, and resolutely implemented and implemented the "Overall Plan for the Reform and Development of Chinese Football". Last summer, a local Shanghai company and an e-commerce company reported a scandal with them, but there was no follow-up.
On the one hand, the first star of the Chinese Super League such as Oscar, on the other hand, he is shouldering the heavy responsibility of equity restructuring, coupled with the "blowing wind" of the Chengdu meeting on the 300 million investment cap, it is inevitable that the harbor side will be a little uncertain. However, for the Oscar's transfer prospects, an insider analyzed that the key to success lies in the transfer fee, "Now the financial situation of most clubs in Europe is relatively general, the Oscar originally joined with 60 million euros, how to sell to the level of tens of millions of euros to release people." So, it's not easy to get a transfer. "As for the so-called family reasons, there is no such thing. Before the epidemic, Oscar had brought his family to Shanghai, and in recent years, he has also become accustomed to staying away from the Brazilian national team.
Wen | Wang Xiaorui
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