Since the beginning of the 2020 season, the Chinese Super League has entered a long "cold winter", and the vast majority of clubs have serious financial problems and have been exposed repeatedly. In recent days, a source broke the news to South Korea's well-known sports media "Sports Chosun" that several Chinese Super League clubs have been in arrears for a year and a half, which is shocking. It is precisely because the salary arrears are so serious that the current Chinese Super League no longer has too strong an attractiveness even in the hearts of South Korean foreign aid.
"Sports Chosun" quoted people familiar with the matter as saying: "The good days of the Chinese Super League have long ended, and the current situation is really very bad." Clubs such as Qingdao, Hebei and Chongqing have not been paid for a year and six months. In the whole league, only Shandong, SIPG and Henan can guarantee on-time pay. ”
"Beijing Guoan was one of the most invested and developing clubs in the league a year ago, but there were also 6 months of salary and a year of winning bonuses that were owed. Even if a Korean player goes to play in the Chinese Super League, due to the restriction of the salary cap, he can only get an annual salary of 1 million to 1.2 million US dollars, and the salary package that was several times that of the K League in the past has never returned. Therefore, the current Chinese Super League is not as popular with Korean players as it used to be. The media said.
Recently, Chinese Super League teams are still contacting foreign aid from the Korean K-League, such as Beijing Guoan is running South Korean international Jiang Xiangyou, while Shandong Taishan is targeting the K-League Golden Boot Zhu Minkui, obviously in the current environment, low-priced South Korean players have become the first choice for Chinese Super League clubs. However, it is precisely because the financial situation is not optimistic that Jiang Xiangyou's transfer has been stagnant for a time.
It is precisely because the problem of wage arrears is so serious that many clubs can only wait for the introduction of new investors and the completion of the share reform to alleviate financial pressure. However, the Chinese Super League club has too many bad debts and is a proper "non-performing asset"; second, at this stage, there is almost no ability to realize commercially, which is not attractive enough for the capital. Therefore, where the stock reform can eventually go is still an unknown question.