Dahe News Yu video reporter Wang Weihao
At 00:00 on April 16, the international transfer window of the Chinese Super League was officially closed, and although the historic expansion of the Chinese Super League in the 2022 season was 18 teams, it was affected by the downturn in the domestic football environment, and the quantity and quality of foreign aid fell to a new low, and only 9 teams bought 23 foreign aides. The Chinese Super League continues to show a trend of "volume and price falling together".
■ Traditional strong and stable, 3 teams each buy only 1 person
In the winter transfer window of 2022, the deadline for domestic aid has been extended to April 29, but the introduction of foreign aid has ended at 00:00 on the 16th. Judging from the number of reinforcements this year, only 9 teams have shot and 23 foreign players have been purchased.
Shandong Taishan and Shanghai Haigang as the champions and runners-up last season, the quality of foreign aid in the team is very high and they all have contracts, and the main framework is very stable, so the new season is only selective reinforcement. Shandong Taishan signed Brazilian foreign aid Klessan, and Shanghai Harbor signed Senegalese center Ndiaye, and the two teams did not change much.
In addition, as the fourth place last season, Changchun Yatai, the lineup is also very stable, only signed a former Zhejiang team forward foreign aid Dino, plus the original Junier, Okore, Eric, Serginho, Changchun team has 5 foreign aid configuration.
■ The foreign aid has changed blood, and the Beijing and Tianjin teams have changed 8 foreign aides, just to reduce costs
As a traditional giant, Beijing Guoan has carried out a major reshuffle of foreign aid, due to business difficulties, Guoan has released 5 big-name foreign aides, Bakambu, Augusto, Vieira, Kim Hyun-jae and Fernando, and the wage expenditure will drop significantly. Guoan brought in four foreign players in the new season, Adebenro, Jiang Xiangyou, Dabro and Memisevic. These foreign aid from Sweden, South Korea, and Croatia are not famous, and are known for their cost performance, with a total cost of less than 5 million euros, which is less than a fraction of a big-name foreign aid in the past.
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger is also a big reinforcement, signing Anduhar, Rosa, Beric and Radonic 4 foreign aides in the new season, plus Vinović who stayed in the team, Tianjin team in the new season to gather 5 foreign aides. With Tianjin struggling with relegation in recent seasons, it was not easy for them to buy so many foreign aides on a limited budget.
■ Promoted horse "rescue", 4 teams bought 12 foreign aides, the birth of the winter window label king
In the new season, the biggest reinforcement action of the Chinese Super League comes from the "promotion horse". The four Chinese Super League new armies of Hangzhou Team, Meizhou Hakka, Chengdu Rongcheng and Wuhan Three Towns all have 5 foreign aid configurations. It can be seen that they all want to do a lot of work and do not want to "travel in the Chinese Super League for one year".
Meizhou Hakka brought in Rodrigo Enrique, Dugalic, Kosovic and Kanovic with 4 new foreign aides, plus the remaining foreign aid Gissen; Hangzhou introduced Lucas Posinolo, a defender who had played for the Portuguese Premier League Portimão, and the team also signed Cameroonian striker Donovan Evelo who played for Heilongjiang Ice City last season, plus Mushekwe, Matthews and Frank who stayed in the team.
Chengdu Rongcheng's reinforcements can be called a big deal, foreign aid Romulo and Felipe stayed in the team, the former K League Golden Boot Jonathan, South Korean Kim Yuyou, Austrian center-back Wender Bissler joined, the overall strength has jumped; the three towns of Wuhan have the highest cost of reinforcements, they have introduced Davidson Pereira, Nikolai Stanchu, Wallace Fotuna 3 foreign aides, each with a transfer fee of more than one million euros, of which Romanian international Nigulai Stanchu has become the standard king of this winter window with a transfer fee of 4 million euros. Coupled with Mal kang and Ed Millson' two foreign aides who stayed in the team, the foreign aid configuration is luxurious, which shows that the ambitions of the three towns in Wuhan in the new season are not small.
■ Affected by the financial crisis, 9 teams did not move, and a foreign aid did not buy
At the moment when Chinese Super League clubs are generally in an existential crisis, a large number of clubs have chosen to "lie flat", including Guangzhou team, Guangzhou City, Hebei team, Chongqing team, Wuhan team, Shanghai Shenhua, Henan Songshan Longmen team, Cangzhou Lions, Shenzhen team A total of 9 clubs have chosen to stay still, and the entire winter window has not bought foreign aid.
However, the situation of these clubs that have not been recruited is also different, and most of the clubs have in common that their financial situation is worrisome, and these long-term unpaid teams have no money to buy people. For example, Guangzhou, Shanghai Shenhua, Hebei and Chongqing, the team's foreign aid basically left the team, and could only play in the Chinese Super League with the all-China class.
But the stable operation of Henan Songshan Dragon Gate is a special case, the team already has 4 foreign aides, no reinforcements just did not find the right candidate, and Henan team can also find foreign aid to play in the Chinese league last season, so that it can be operated through the domestic transfer window, there are more than 10 days, Henan team is rumored to have matched the midfielder Adrian who played in Chongqing last season.
■ Gone are the Golden Age of the Chinese Super League
In the new season, the small number of new foreign aides introduced by the Chinese Super League and the low cost have created records in recent years. Under the crisis of survival, big-name foreign aid is extinct, and all teams are optimistic about the cost performance.
In the winter window of 2018, the cost of reinforcements in the Chinese Super League was 141.98 million euros. In the winter window of 2019, the cost of reinforcements in the Chinese Super League reached 213.7 million euros. From 2020, the Chinese Super League spent 41.11 million euros on reinforcements and began to dive sharply. In the 2021 season, that number continued to fall to €34.9 million, with 16 teams signing a total of 31 foreign players. It is worth mentioning that the peak of the winter window expenditure of the Chinese Super League appeared in 2017, up to 403 million euros!
Also cold is the annual "standard king", Martinez with 45 million euros, Teixeira with 50 million euros, Hulk with 56 million euros, and Oscar with 60 million euros. This year's "Bid King" transfer price is only 4 million euros. In just a few years, the Super League has cooled down rapidly, which is a policy reason and a trend of the general environment.
Source: Dahe News Yu Video Editor: Wang Fenghua