Reporter Chen Yong reported that on March 14, the Chinese Super League, China League A and China Second Division clubs received a notice from the Chinese Football Association: the transfer window of the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division will be officially opened on March 15, and the transfer window of the Chinese Second Division will be opened on March 29.
The transfer window for the 2022 Chinese Super League has been postponed twice before: the original transfer window was scheduled to open on January 17, but because the 2021 season of the league season did not officially end until January 12 (super league play-offs), it was not reasonable to start the transfer period of the new season in less than a week, so it was postponed to February 14, which was a normal choice; by mid-February, the clubs received news that the transfer window was postponed again, and the news at that time was postponed to March 14.
On March 14, it was finally clear: on March 15, the transfer window of the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division was opened.
The two transfer periods of the Chinese Super League and the Chinese League One this season are both one month: the first transfer window (generally speaking, the winter transfer window), which runs from March 15 to April 15; the second transfer window (summer transfer window), from August 1 to August 31 (tentative).
The Transfer Window for China B has been postponed until March 29 and ends on April 29. According to the customary practice of the end of transfer registration and the start of the league, it means that the Chinese Second League should be held in early May, and it is most likely a tournament system. The second transfer window of China B is also from August 1 to August 31 (tentative).
The biggest changes in the transfer window of the new season are: Chinese Super League, Chinese First Division and Chinese Second Division, and there is no limit to the transfer of domestic players. It is good news for many players who have suffered from the problem of unpaid wages, and some stable clubs that hope to introduce more powerful players to improve their overall combat effectiveness can also achieve their goals. In theory, it is entirely possible to form the "strongest all-Chinese class".
Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan players are handled with reference to the 2018 Regulations on Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Naturalized players are transferred and registered as domestic players.
In terms of foreign aid, in the first transfer window, the Chinese Super League club can register 6 foreign aides, and the Chinese First Division is 3. Throughout the season, the two transfer windows, the cumulative number of foreign aid registrations of Chinese Super League clubs must not exceed 7, and the number of Chinese League A players must not exceed 4.
Some teams have previously locked in the introduction target, some have negotiated all aspects of the conditions, after the 15th, I believe that there will be a wave of centralized official announcement periods.
The transfer window of the third division is open, and the league is steadily advancing the work related to the new season. There are two more aspects that need to be addressed, salary caps and access.
As we all know, after two salary restrictions, the General Administration of Sport and the Chinese Football Association are preparing a third salary cut, one of the previous plans is to reduce the investment limit to 300 million yuan, and the salary limit of domestic players to 3 million yuan before tax, in fact, this is only one of the plans, and it has not been finalized. In addition, there is a more powerful salary limit plan, but this plan has been opposed to a larger voice, after all, this is too much of a blow to the industry, so this plan did not flow out in the end.
Of course, there is a third plan, that is, to maintain the existing salary limit policy unchanged, supporting the view that the current 600 million expenditure limit and 5 million yuan of pre-tax salary limit is more reasonable, after all, the investment in the Chinese Super League can not be one-size-fits-all, if the club wants to reduce wages, it should be carried out independently, and objectively speaking, the current salary limit policy is actually more effective in preventing the next bubble, rather than becoming a tool for clubs to reduce investment, comprehensive consideration, The team's spending limit of 600 million yuan per season and the salary limit of 5 million for players are still reasonable.
Another influencing factor is the access review, the 2022 season of the Chinese Super League access review is very difficult, the reason is that the Chinese Super League has a general phenomenon of wage arrears, in this case, how to grasp the scale of the access review, is the key. One-size-fits-all or law-less reprehensible? Is there a timetable for resolving wage arrears? Wait, it's all up to date.
At present, the 2022 season of the Chinese Super League is still in accordance with the home and away plan in the promotion, according to the plan, the Chinese Football Association and the China Football Federation Preparatory Group will start the inspection of the home of the Chinese Super League and Chinese League A clubs in the near future.
Based on the current situation, it is difficult for the Chinese Super League to open the home-and-away format in late April as originally planned, but the preparation of relevant home and away games is still extremely necessary, because the Chinese Super League in the 2022 season is likely to adopt the four stages of "10+8+8+8" or the "5+4+4+4+4+4+4+4", and the Chinese Super League and the Chinese First Division can play the match system in the early stage and then play the home and away games in the later stage.