I believe that many fans know that the Chinese Super League was once the world's most famous local league. Every year our club spends a lot of money to dig up big stars in the international market, such as the former MVP Conca in the Brazilian League, the Warcraft Drogba who once won the Champions League with Chelsea, the Argentine legend Tevez, as well as the Brazilian national team midfielder Oscar, Augusto and the Violent Bird, as well as the Brazilian golden boy Pato and so on. It can be said that as long as we want them can be recruited through high salaries, these foreign aid can get salaries several times or even dozens of times higher than their previous salaries in the Chinese Super League. It can be said that it is difficult for a player to refuse the temptation from the Chinese Super League.
And so many big-name foreign aid came to the Chinese Super League, not only to enhance the popularity of the Chinese Super League, but also to make the results of the Chinese Super League better, the AFC Champions League we are no longer all killed after the group stage. At that time, the Chinese Super League could be said to be full of local tycoons, but there was still a giant among so many giants at that time, that is, Guangzhou Evergrande. They are the initiators of the Golden Yuan era of the Chinese Super League, they are the first to dig up big-name foreign aid and hoard international football to enhance their strength, and the results they have achieved are difficult to be surpassed, 8 league championships in 11 years, including 2 runners-up, the AFC Champions League has created history, 2 times won the AFC Champions League, created history. And what is even more powerful is that Guangzhou Evergrande has entered the top 4 of the Club World Cup twice, becoming the pride of Asian football.
And it is precisely because Guangzhou Evergrande is strong that this team has become the most outstanding representative of the Chinese Super League, and Evergrande in its heyday has fans all over the country. This team will feel invincible, incomparably strong, really strong. And at that time, many people felt that investing money like Evergrande could not be invested for several years, but Evergrande invested 10 years hard and created one miracle after another. And some people even think that Guangzhou Evergrande will continue to be strong, because their football school has also been established, and at the same time, the renewal of the team has been completed, and everything seems to be thriving again.
But with the sharp turn of the real estate industry, the Guangzhou team also fell from heaven to hell. Just last season, they suddenly encountered financial difficulties, foreign aid left the team, naturalized players left, the team had a salary arrears, and even almost could not participate in the second stage of the Chinese Super League, and directly disbanded. Of course, neither the fans nor the Guangzhou Football Association want such a once brilliant team to disappear like this. So the stock reform has been actively promoted, but reducing the team's expenditure has become the first big thing to do.
Just recently, the Guangzhou team has made a lot of moves, they first officially announced the termination of the contract of the 5 major naturalized players, which reduced a large part of the expenditure. However, a salary scale that shocked many media and fans was thrown. The annual salary of the first team is 60,000 yuan, and the cap is 600,000. What does this mean? That is, the club's maximum salary is only less than the original 1%.
As a typical example, in the second half of 2018, Guangzhou Evergrande signed back midfielder Paulinho from La Liga giants Barcelona, and the salary offered to Paulinho was 110 million yuan, which also set a record. However, in just 3 and a half years, the top salary of the team has become 600,000, not even a fraction of the previous one, only 0.54% of the original, which is a shocking figure. And according to relevant statistics, the net profit loss of the Guangzhou team in 15-19 years was 952 million yuan, 812 million yuan, 986 million yuan, 1.829 billion yuan and 1.94 billion yuan, respectively. Coupled with the loss of more than 1 billion yuan before the listing, Evergrande Taobao Club lost more than 7.6 billion yuan in 7 years. It can be said that the current Guangzhou team is a huge hole that is difficult to fill. So they have to make a choice, and the first thing is to cut wages and reduce operating costs.
The sharp salary cut also means that these outstanding players in the first team of guangzhou are about to leave the team in a large area, because they will earn more than they do now when they go to a team. Therefore, the loss of the main force is basically the end of the new season of Guangzhou team. And at the current annual salary level, the Guangzhou team is likely to use Evergrande Football School as a team to compete in the new season, and the final result can be imagined.
Perhaps many fans now will be surprised, how such a king team can fall so fast! But it's not surprising to look at the midfield for nearly a decade. The Guangzhou team is already lucky to be able to keep not disbanded, like Tianjin Quanjian / Jiangsu Suning has even become the dust of history. The Golden Age has actually turned every team into a big hole in money, how do you fill it out, but you have to fill it, because you have filled in so much, how can you be willing without a little gain? But when you see that Jiangsu Suning team won the championship and still disbanded, that is to say, you spent so much money and finally exchanged for the championship, and this championship is not good, there is no value, the result is still the same, then what is the meaning of investing in this football?
Therefore, the withdrawal of funds from the league has become an inevitable trend, so the hard days of Chinese football will also come. However, I still hope that after experiencing this flashy experience, Chinese football can find its own real development path and restore the way football should have been. Do you think that such a Guangzhou team will be relegated next year? Do you think guangzhou team can still stage a youth storm with such an operation? Friends are welcome to discuss together in the comment area!