The Chinese men's football team did not qualify for the 2022 World Cup, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Chinese football. The "rich international" from the Chinese Super League has no fighting spirit and life-playing attitude, which makes fans angry. In the context of the cold winter of the Chinese Super League, the tide of salary cuts is inevitable. On February 10, the "Football News" news pointed out that the 2022 Chinese Super League is likely to cut salaries again!
Chinese football can only be regarded as the second and third class in Asia, but the income of chinese Super League international footballers was once in line with international standards, and the annual salary was often tens of millions of yuan. At the same time that the golden dollar football is rampant, it is the national football team that folds the world preliminary round, so the sharp contrast is really dazzling. Therefore, starting from 2018, the Chinese Football Association promoted the "salary restriction order":
At the end of 2018, the Chinese Football Association issued a policy to severely reduce the investment of clubs and the salaries of players. According to the requirements at that time, the annual salary of local players in the Chinese Super League cannot exceed (before tax) 10 million yuan, and the international football player can rise by 20%;
In November 2020, the Chinese Football Association once again promoted salary restrictions, and the annual salary of local players in the Chinese Super League (before tax) was up to 5 million yuan, which is equivalent to saying that the Football Association directly cut the maximum salary of domestic players in the Chinese Super League by half!
However, the sluggish and poor performance of the Chinese men's football team in the World Preliminary Round of 12 has once again triggered public dissatisfaction, "At this level, why do you have an annual salary of one million"? The third salary cut in 4 years followed. "Football News" revealed that the Chinese Super League may cut salaries again, and the maximum salary of local players has been cut from (before tax) 5 million to 3 million, a 40% discount! From an after-tax point of view, the annual salary of players is less than 2 million.
From 10 million to 3 million, a plunge of 70%, the income of Chinese Super League international players is about to experience a cliff-like decline. Once implemented, the income of local players in the Chinese Super League is almost returned to 20 years ago - around 2003, the top international footballers can get 5 million annual salaries, like the well-known internationals Ma Mingyu, Yu Genwei, Qi Hong, Li Weifeng and others, the annual salary after tax is also 2 million.
If the after-tax annual salary cap of local players in the Chinese Super League is 2 million yuan, what is this level in the world? 2 million yuan is equivalent to 275,000 euros - 100 local players in the Chinese Super League, the salary is not as good as a Messi. Tottenham's Son Heung-min, after the renewal of the contract, the annual salary before tax is 10 million pounds, and the annual salary after tax is equivalent to 43 million yuan, which is worth 22 local players in the Chinese Super League.
For the local players in the Chinese Super League, the future life is not so comfortable - the annual income in the past can easily buy luxury cars and mansions, but after experiencing 3 salary cuts, as an "elite football player" in China, it is no longer as beautiful as it was then.