López is temporarily in "pending" mode, most likely the seaport to make room for funding for the introduction of new foreign aid (or naturalized players).
On February 25, South Korean media OSEN disclosed that Shanghai Harbor is considering selling the former Jeonbuk Hyundai Express Marikado López, which is almost the opposite of the player's own continuous voice through the Brazilian media the other day. Is the harbor really going to sell López? The reporter got the news from inside the team: according to the current salary situation, if Harbor wants to bring in a new foreign striker this season, it must sell at least one old foreign player. As a result, López is temporarily in a "pending" state, most likely the harbor to make room for funding for the introduction of new foreign aid (or naturalized players).
In recent days, the Harbour first team has continued to train as usual, but the club has not stopped reinforcing operations. In addition to Xu Xin and the active international center-back who have basically negotiated, there are several other goals that need to be worked on. But when it comes to the introduction of domestic aid, especially some domestic U23 elites, the club has suddenly shelved it in recent weeks. Among them, a factor that cannot be ignored is that the new version of the salary restriction order of the Chinese Super League is under discussion, which has also led to several negotiations without substantive progress.
However, at the level of foreign aid, Shanghai Seaport has formulated a more meticulous plan. In addition to the possibility that Meistrovic will be released early, in principle, Oscar, Mui, Paulinho and Lopez will remain in the team. However, in the discussion of how to strengthen in conjunction with the new season, the club still clarified the idea that "the first team urgently needs to strengthen the center", and in fact, the list of reinforcement needs submitted by Lecco when he returned to Croatia did not list the center as a necessity. But there are rumors that last week, the harbor side has reached a consensus with the coaching staff on this. This is also relatively easy to understand, after all, Hu Jinghang and Jia Boyan have left the team, and another local striker Liu Zhurun still has the task of preparing for the Asian Games and the Olympic Preliminary Round this year, relying only on Lu Wenjun and Li Shenglong to charge, which is obviously still a bit thin. As for Paulinho, although he has performed well since joining The Harbour in the second half of last season, the injury problem still makes the Harbour team feel a little uneasy. Therefore, The Harbor had to find a partner for him, at least a substitute role.
If someone wants to come, someone must leave. In fact, Paulinho is also a relatively stable member of the seaport foreign aid community. Therefore, when it comes to the consideration of foreign aid shuffling, he still sits back and relaxes. Mystrovic, who suffered serious injuries again, is indeed very dangerous, but even if he is terminated early, it is not as simple as freeing up a foreign aid spot.
According to the Financial Agreed Indicators for Chinese Super League Clubs promulgated in December 2020, the individual remuneration of foreign players in a single season shall not exceed 3 million euros before tax, while the total remuneration of foreign players in a single season of clubs shall not exceed 10 million euros before tax. As far as the Shanghai seaport is concerned, it is obvious that oscar's annual salary will exceed 10 million euros. However, article 3 of the "Indicators", "Adjustment and Execution of the Contract", clearly states that if the remuneration of the original contract is higher than the agreed remuneration of the new contract, the two parties shall sign a supplementary agreement through friendly negotiation to stipulate the payment method of the difference in remuneration. The portion of the pay difference paid by the Club as at 31 December 2023 under the Supplementary Agreement is not included in the accounting of players' remuneration and the club's total expenditure limit. According to the reporter's understanding, Oscar, Mui and López, who signed a contract with Shanghai Seaport before December 2020, actually completed the split of the original contract in this way, which is also fully in line with the provisions of the "Indicators", but Paulinho and Mastrović did not sign a supplementary agreement. In fact, their salary figures are not high, Mastrović's annual salary is only 700,000 euros, and Paulinho's is a little more than 2 million euros before tax.
But even so, calculating the salaries of these 5 foreign aides (oscar, Mooy and López's salaries are calculated by the standard contract figures after the split), the total salary of the seaport club foreign aid in a single season is very close to the pre-tax 10 million euros, which is the main reason for considering selling López. According to the analysis of people familiar with the matter, just by terminating The Contract with Mastrović, the seaport can only free up about 1.5 million euros of salary space before tax. And if you look for foreign aid centers with this number, I am afraid that the quality will be greatly reduced. So, after the club and the manager unified their thinking "to bring in a new center", López's fate at The Harbour has been reversed, and of course, Mystrovic is more likely to part ways with the Harbour earlier. It is estimated that if they leave the team at the same time, the salary space that the seaport can free up is exactly very close to 3 million euros.
To some extent, this also reflects the principle of Shanghai Seaport: no matter what method of reinforcement is adopted, it will strictly comply with the salary restrictions in the Indicators. As for whether the club's favorite striker is Axon? It can only be said that the latter is one of the candidates. "Even if it's not Axon in the end, but a new face, the salary standard that the seaport can come up with is exactly the same, and the maximum annual salary is 3 million euros before tax." A person familiar with the matter said. But which one can be negotiated in the end? Sometimes, the attitude of Party B is also crucial.
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