After experiencing the pain of "gold yuanization" and de-bubble in the past, the stock reform work of various clubs has become an urgent task to be solved. However, what people did not expect was that in the case of the general slow progress of the stock reform work of the clubs in the Chinese Super League, it was the Dalian Renren Club, which had just been relegated to the Chinese First Division, that announced the completion of the share reform. On March 12, the official account of the Information Office of the Dalian Municipal People's Government "Dalian Release" and the official account of Dalian RenRen Professional Football Club successively issued announcements that the Management Team of Dalian Football Reform and Development Working Group was set up to take over the Dalian Ren Professional Club and manage the club with full authority.
The announcement affirms the important contributions made by Wanda Group and Yifang Group to the development of Dalian football over the years, and the announcement also clearly mentions that Wanda Group will bear all the historical debts of the club, as well as the club operation and youth training operating expenses for the next three years, and donate the Dalian Football Youth Training Base with a total cost of about 1.6 billion yuan to Detai Holdings, a state-owned enterprise in Dalian, for the development of football. This means that Wang Jianlin and Wanda Group have since handed over the actual control of the club, but continue to support the development of the club as similar sponsors. Historical debts, future operating expenses and actual control attribution, any one of these three points alone, is enough to determine the success or failure of a stock reform, Wang Jianlin accepted them all at once, and his courage is indeed amazing. Wanda Group not only took over the operational task during the difficult period of Dalian football, but now withdraws from the horse, and can also "help the horse and give a ride", which has fully proved Wang Jianlin's feelings and sense of responsibility for Dalian football.
Shortly after the announcement, Dalian Renren Club issued two announcements in succession to select first-team head coaches and trial players, of which there are two key points in the selection and recruitment of head coaches: first, local coaches; second, after leading the team to rush to overtake, they can stay in office. It can be seen that the Dalian Ren Club, whose equity has been handed over to the club, has both the commitment of Wanda to undertake operating funds and the attitude of active promotion by the new management, and the future of the club is still guaranteed.
It is worth mentioning that although many of China's richest people have sprinkled a lot of money on the stage of Chinese football, in contrast, in the frozen period of Chinese football, they are still willing to help the club make a smooth transition, warming the hearts of Dalian fans, Wang Jianlin's football feelings are more real and thicker. This withdrawal is already the second time that Wang Jianlin and his Wanda Group have withdrawn from Chinese football. At the beginning of professionalization in 1994, Wang Jianlin took over the dalian football flag, and Dalian Wanda Football Club was established, quickly establishing the first dynasty after the professionalization of Chinese football. Four league titles in five years from 1994 to 1998, a 55-game unbeaten run across the season from 1996 to 1997, and other classic moments have left fans with unforgettable memories. But after Dalian Wanda lost to Liaofa in the 1998 FA Cup semi-finals, Wang Jianlin, then chairman of Dalian Wanda Football Club, announced his first decision to withdraw from Chinese football in a press conference.
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Chinese football has been engaged in professional leagues for five years, and although the level has improved, there are many dark things on the football field. Today's game, first, our club will fully appeal to the Chinese Football Association. Second, in view of the current situation in Chinese football, engaging in football, how to engage in Chinese football will not be good, nor can it rush out. Therefore, Wanda Group officially announced today that after the end of this year's professional league, we will withdraw from Chinese football forever as a protest against the dark things of Chinese football!
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Subsequently, Dalian Wanda transferred its equity in the club to Dalian Shide in batches, and the banner of "Dalian Wanda" also disappeared from Chinese football, and Wanda Group was once far away from Chinese football. However, more than a decade later, Wanda began to appear in the news related to Chinese football, cooperating with the Chinese Football Association to launch the Hope Star Stay in the Ocean program and hiring a world-class coach for the Chinese men's football team... It wasn't until 2015, when Dalian Albin was in crisis, that Wanda had the opportunity to take over Dalian football again. However, this time, Wanda Group did not personally go down, but one group took over the club. However, from the statement of Sun Xishuang, chairman of the party group at the time, "thanking Wanda Group for its support" to the personnel arrangement of Shi Xueqing, an old minister of Wanda, as the general manager of Dalian Yifang Club, behind the takeover of one party, there are also inextricable links with Wanda.
Wanda once again devoted itself to Dalian football, even if it failed to reproduce the glory of Dalian Wanda's heyday, but also brought the world's top stars such as Carrasco, Hamsik and Longdong to Dalian football, as well as famous coaches such as Schuster, Cui Kangxi and Benitez. Behind the high investment, Wanda's investment is actually not smooth, almost every season before the rumors of Wanda's intention to withdraw, the reason for the withdrawal is nothing more than a historical problem with the party and the Dalian sports authorities, on the first day of 2020, Wanda Group even did not hesitate to point out the problem, issued an announcement with the nature of "forcing the palace". From this point of view, Wanda Group's fading out this time is also within the plan.
In 1994, Wang Jianlin, who was not yet a top rich man, single-handedly created "Dalian Wanda", the first super hegemon after the professionalization of the Chinese football league, although because of "deep love and responsibility", Wang Jianlin also became the first owner of Chinese football to leave the field in anger, but his heart never left Chinese football. Whether it is selecting, organizing and funding young people to stay in the West, or contributing money and contributions to the selection of coaches and warm-up matches for the Chinese national team, these have shown his pure heart for Chinese football. However, in Wang Jianlin's body, we can also clearly see his parental feelings for Chinese football "Hope Jackie Chan" or "Hate iron is not steel". Now, judging from the announcement of the "Dalian Municipal Management Team Takes Over Dalian Renren Professional Football Club", the Dalian Football Reform and Development Working Group has reached an agreement with Wanda Group and Yifang Group on various issues, and Wanda has reached a second exit by handing over management rights, bearing historical debts and operating expenses for three years.
A few years ago, Wang Jianlin said in an interview, "The biggest problem and the biggest problem in Chinese football is that youth sports are not popular." Only when teenagers really rise, chinese football can have hope! In recent years, Wang Jianlin's training and investment in China's youth football talents has not decreased, which can be seen from his vigorous promotion of the localization and rejuvenation of Dalian Renren Club, and after the completion of the club's stock reform, he will continue to bear all the historical debts of the club and all the expenses of club operation, youth training and Dalian Campus Football Primary School Base School in the next three years, and donate the Dalian Football Youth Training Base to Dalian City. Now, when Wang Jianlin, who was nearly seventy years old, faded out of the professional football circle, he showed his feelings for his hometown city and his support for Dalian football with practical actions, so whether his football complex will continue, if so, in what way, this has left people with a series of question marks...