Chinese football has suffered a cold winter in the past two years, and the Chinese men's football team has played a mess in the World Preliminary Tournament, and has missed the World Cup two rounds ahead of schedule. The Chinese Super League is also a chicken feather, Jiangsu Suning, Guangzhou Evergrande, Hebei Huaxia Happiness have exploded, and many teams have owed wages. In this case, the Chinese Football Association once again issued a salary restriction order, the maximum salary of domestic players was reduced to 3 million before tax, and the maximum salary of foreign aid was reduced to 2 million euros before tax. The introduction of this salary restriction order has aroused heated discussion among fans.
In fact, since 2019, the Chinese Football Association has begun to introduce a salary restriction policy, and the salary restriction order in 2019 stipulates that the maximum salary of domestic players should not exceed 10 million, and the maximum salary of foreign aid should not exceed 3 million euros. In 2020, the maximum salary of domestic players is limited to 5 million. However, even after several rounds of salary restrictions, the level of Chinese football has not been improved, but there are signs of regression.
How much salary Chinese footballers should get is a cliché. Many fans said that compared with the Korean and Japanese leagues, the current maximum salary of domestic players in the Chinese Super League is still too much, because according to the current salary level, the salary of these players can still reach 20-30 times that of non-private employees in most cities. Reporter Chen Yong believes that the salary of Chinese football players should be leveraged at 120,000, 10 to 20 times for top players, 5-10 times for excellent players, and 2 to 5 times for ordinary players. According to Chen Yong, the annual salary of top players is 1.2 million to 2.4 million, the annual salary of excellent players is 600,000-1.2 million, and the annual salary of ordinary players is 240,000 to 600,000.
However, at present, Chinese football players basically use football as a means of making money. Many parents send their children to football schools to study, their tuition fees reach hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and if they can't become top players, their salaries are not even enough for tuition. Most fans believe that how much a player should be paid should be linked to their ability and performance. Just like the Chinese women's football team, most of their players earn about 10,000 yuan per month, and the annual salary of top players like Tang Jiali, Wang Shuang, and Wang Shanshan is only a few hundred thousand. They want to get more income, only to play good results, just like after winning the Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team has received tens of millions of bonuses, and there are many in the hands of each team member.
Most of the fans still clap their hands and applaud the FA's salary restriction order, and the contradiction between the low level and high salary of Chinese football has existed for a long time. It is hoped that this salary restriction will stimulate more players to play in the game.