Affected by multiple factors, in the past two years, there has been an extreme downturn in domestic professional football leagues at all levels. Due to the epidemic and the neutral name policy, there have been very few companies that have money and are willing to invest in Chinese football in the past two years.
In this context, the vast majority of clubs at all levels of the league have experienced operational conditions, and unpaid wages have become a common phenomenon in domestic leagues in the past 2 years.
Since there is no improvement in the situation at all levels of the league, the problem of wage arrears in most clubs has not been fundamentally solved. In the face of such a situation, the Chinese Football Association also feels very anxious.
Under previous regulations, clubs that did not address last season's unpaid wages were unable to qualify for league admission. Once the Football Association implements this standard, then this season's domestic 3-level professional league may not be able to be held normally.
In order to ensure that this year's league can be carried out normally, the Football Association has also made a compromise, stipulating that as long as those clubs that have not been resolved in the past have not been resolved, there will be no new wage arrears this year, then they can continue to participate in this season's league.
Obviously, this decision of the Football Association violates the rules and regulations they have formulated in the past, but this is really a helpless move. If our league really can't go on, we can only let the Chinese football that has fallen into a trough continue to decline until it collapses completely, and I believe that this situation is something that no one wants to see.
Therefore, the latest league qualification of the Football Association is also a big help to many clubs in difficult times. So that many teams that have no hope have regained the opportunity to participate in the league.
Still, for some clubs, the crisis they face now is not all resolved. According to the latest news, three clubs will be punished by FIFA for failing to enforce international arbitral awards as required. They are: Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League, and Qingdao and Beiti Team in the Chinese League One.
As we all know, Qingdao has announced its withdrawal from Chinese football earlier this month, so this penalty will not have much impact on them. And Beiti University is originally a small club, even if new players cannot be registered this season, the strength of the team will not be greatly affected.
Therefore, the biggest impact is undoubtedly the former Chinese Super League giants Shanghai Shenhua, due to the club's serious financial situation, the team's salary arrears have not been fully resolved so far, and Shenhua has also decided that there will be no more foreign aid in the team this season, and they will play in the Chinese Super League with an all-Chinese squad.
In order to strengthen the team's lineup, Shenhua only recently waived 2 domestic players, they are Shi Xiaotian, who used to play for Changchun Yatai, and Li Songyi of Shandong Taishan.
However, after being punished by FIFA, Shi Xiaotian and Li Songyi have not had the opportunity to officially join the Shenhua team at least so far. This is an embarrassment for Shenhua and even the Chinese Football Association. It is precisely because the Football Association has given the green light to clubs that Shenhua has been able to qualify for the Chinese Super League in the new season and can introduce new domestic aid.
And now, just to settle the problem of domestic players' wage arrears, Shenhua Club has been directly punished by FIFA because it has not solved the problem of wage arrears of foreign aid and foreign teachers, which is undoubtedly a slap in the face of Shenhua Club and the Football Association.
If it enters the Chinese Super League in this form in the new season, whether the Shenhua team, which has no foreign aid and no new domestic support, can successfully complete the relegation, it will also be drawn a big question mark...