Although the opening of the new season of the Chinese Super League has not yet been determined, as the top league of Chinese football, what the future of the Chinese Super League is still a matter of concern. According to the latest news from the domestic media, the Football Association has substantially suspended the implementation of the latest salary cuts and investment restrictions. This also means that the salary reduction work of the Chinese Super League teams this season will be completely handed over to "market regulation".
Chen Yong, a well-known football journalist, said: "The transfer window for the 2022 season has been opened, and any club can sign a new contract with the player in accordance with the previous policy, that is, the "5 million salary limit", in this case, from a fair point of view, there should be no need to introduce a new salary limit policy for the 2022 season, and the situation learned by this newspaper also proves this." Chen Yong also believes that in the case of unpaid wages and defaults of clubs, it is no longer practical for the Football Association to implement the salary restriction order.
Earlier, it was reported that the Chinese Football Association planned to implement the new policy of "salary reduction" for the third time in the past three years, reducing the maximum salary of local players to 3 million yuan before tax and the maximum salary of foreign aid to 2 million euros before tax. However, this news has been thunderous and rainy, until the transfer window is fully opened, many clubs have begun to attract reinforcements or even complete the signing, the latest salary cut order has not been officially launched. This actually represents the attitude of the Football Association: at least this year, the salaries of professional league players will not usher in a "three-in-a-row decline".
Chen Yong also said: "The Chinese football circle and the Chinese entertainment circle are still talking about the high salaries of players, to be honest, this is really a boring thing, indeed, Chinese football has experienced golden dollar football, the national football team has not achieved good results, and the international football team did once take a high salary that could not match their strength, but this is completely in the past tense." ”
It is true that after years of financial crisis and salary cut order restrictions, the overall income level of Chinese players has fallen off a cliff, and even players with contracts must face a precarious situation. The so-called high salaries of tens of millions in the past have long become history, and what the Chinese Super League has to do now is to smoothly recover and transition, so if you forcibly reduce wages at this time, the effect may be counterproductive.
On the other hand, according to the original plan of the Football Association, the new salary reduction measures will reduce the salary treatment of local players and foreign aides to a very low level, which will undoubtedly have a negative impact on the Chinese Super League transfer market and will greatly limit the enthusiasm of higher-level players to land in the Chinese Super League. Fortunately, the Football Association "stopped the horse from the cliff" in time, and also hoped that the future development of the Chinese Super League could usher in a new turnaround because of the "letting go" of the Football Association.