The Chinese Super League is still in the off-season, and clubs are intensively preparing for winter training and the new season. However, for the veteran giant Shanghai Shenhua of the Chinese Super League, this winter is particularly cold, due to the continuous financial crisis of Greenland Holding Group, general manager Zhou Jun is also difficult to continue the operation of the club, and whether he can see the hegemon of the former A A era in the Chinese Super League next season is still unknown.
At 4 p.m. Beijing time on February 10, according to the news of sports weekly, there are currently five Chinese Super League teams are facing a moment of life and death, the biggest card is undoubtedly the Eight Champions of the Chinese Super League Guangzhou team, Evergrande Group boss Xu Jiayin is not willing to withdraw from professional football, which also led to the progress of GAC and Guangzhou Pharmaceutical accepting Guangzhou team is very slow, and the club's share reform work is difficult to continue. The situation of Shenzhen, Hebei, Chongqing and Guangzhou City is clearer, and they are expected to make a makeover before the start of the new season, showing a new sponsor appearance and opening a new era for the club.
However, for Shanghai Shenhua, the situation is far more complicated than other teams. The most fatal problem now is that Zhou Jun and the Greenland Holding Group behind them are slowly decreasing their willingness to continue to support the club, that is to say, their interest in continuing to invest in the Chinese Super League and continue to get involved in Chinese football is weakening, which cannot rule out the possibility that the big money behind Shenhua will directly withdraw from being the treasurer. According to the news of the football newspaper, the Whole Shenhua team has now been in arrears for several months of wages, and many low-income players have been unable to make ends meet.
The most direct impact of the problem of unpaid wages is the potential departure of foreign aid. For foreign aid, encountering unpaid wages means that they have the right to leave the club directly, and Shenhua cannot force them to stay, after all, as long as the players go to FIFA to appeal, the winner must be the player side. Therefore, Jonić has been associated with Sakura Osaka in the J-League, and if this situation does not get better, then it will be a matter of time before Jonić returns to the J-League in Japan, and the same is true for Adrian, Bassogo and others.
Today, the Shenhua team has not completed the selection of the coach, and now it seems that the team's financial situation does not allow them to do so. Originally, the fans were looking forward to being able to poach the high-quality Korean coach Kim Jong-fu of the Hebei team to replace Mao Yijun, who had mediocre ability, but the second stage of the game still let Mao Yijun lead the team, and now that the offseason has passed halfway through, the new coach still has no news, which also shows that Zhou Jun does not want to find, but really has no money, not to mention the very sought-after manager of Jin Jongfu, which is definitely unaffordable for Shenhua at the moment. However, Mao Yijun was able to work for the Shenhua team in such a difficult situation, and this spirit of perseverance was also supported by the fans.
As one of the most glorious clubs in the history of Chinese football, Shanghai Shenhua has accompanied fans through 30 years. No one thought that last season, when introducing Wu Xi, Feng Xiaoting, Yu Hanchao, Bassogo, Adrian and other strong reinforcements, ready to impact the championship, wage arrears and financial crises followed, which disrupted Shenhua's plans for the entire season, at such a critical moment, as the actual head of the club, general manager Zhou Jun must stand up, at least need to show determination in front of the players, so that the team can feel that the club is always standing with themselves, otherwise the tragedy of Jiangsu Suning is in front of them.