After a number of Chinese Super League and Chinese League A clubs gathered to "press the whistle" to officially announce the signing of new signings, the first transfer window of players in the 2022 season of Chinese Super League and Chinese League A clubs was officially closed at 24:00 Beijing time on April 30. According to the statistics of "German Transfer", counting the 84 transfer transactions (including 25 loan transactions) generated on the 30th, during this window period, the Chinese Super League Club transferred 207 people with a cumulative income of 940,000 euros; 228 people transferred in, with a cumulative expenditure of 16.6 million euros. Among them, the Romanian attacking midfielder Stanchu, introduced by the promoted Horse Wuhan Three Towns Club, became the "standard king" of the first transfer window of domestic football in the new season at a price of 4 million euros. The total amount of money involved in transfer transactions has decreased significantly from past few seasons, and the value of "Biao Wang" has also set a record for the same period in nearly 10 seasons.
The three towns in Wuhan have been extremely active in the transfer market this year
Affected by the unlimited number of places for the introduction of local players, the number of transfer transactions completed during this window period has increased significantly compared with the past few seasons, but including the transfer of active international footballers, the vast majority of player transfer (including loan) transactions do not involve transfer fees, and the overall depression in the transfer market is obvious.
According to the statistics of "German Transfer", by 24:00 on April 30, the Chinese Super League had transferred 207 people and transferred 228 people during the transfer window. A total of 214 people were transferred out and 276 people were transferred. In terms of the number of trades, this year's data is significantly better than the same period in the past few seasons. The main reason for this is the "complete liberalization of the quota for ordinary internal citations". But behind this is actually the overwhelming majority of clubs, preferring to negotiate with some players with appointments in advance to terminate contracts, but also to maximize the savings in personnel salary payment expenses, thereby alleviating their own operational pressure.
There are other figures that are particularly interesting around trading volume, such as the overall low amount of money involved in transfer transactions. The cumulative income generated by the transfer of players from Chinese Super League clubs is 940,000 euros, and the cumulative expenditure of transferred players is 16.6 million euros, which is not as high as the personal value or single-quarter salary of some internationally renowned foreign aides who landed in the "Golden Age" in the Chinese Super League; the transfer of players from Chinese League A clubs generates 1.72 million euros in income, while the cumulative expenditure of transferred players is only 270,000 euros.
It is also worth noting that during the opening of the first transfer window of domestic professional football this season, a number of new and old international footballers or national players, including Zhang Linpeng, Xu Xin, Liao Lisheng, Gao Zhunyi, He Chao, Dong Chunyu, Yin Hongbo, Zhang Chengdong, Wang Qiuming, Deng Hanwen, He Chao, Zhao Hongluo, Huang Zichang, etc., have achieved transfers, but they have implemented "zero price" transfers whether through friendly consultation with the original clubs or with free bodies.
In fact, the number of transactions involving transfer (including rental) fees during this window period was small. For example, only 10 people incurred fees for the transaction. The 10 people are Zheng Xuejian, the local "standard king", former international Yang Fan, former national youth players Liu Junshuai, Shi Yan, Ma Xiaolei, Perman Jiang Keyumu, Cao Sheng, Li Zhi, Wu Lei and Zhang Yuanshu.
According to the information of "De Zhuan", among them, the transaction involving the most transaction costs is Zheng Xuejian and Yang Fan, of which Zheng Xuejian, who joined the Zhejiang team, became the "local standard king" of this window period with 5 million yuan. As for the other people, except for Yang Fan, the loan fee involved is relatively high, and most of the remaining prices are low, and the loan fee of some players is only 200,000 yuan.
During the transfer window, although the number of local players who have completed various transfer transactions has increased significantly, the number of foreign aid transactions is very limited, and the cumulative number of new foreign aides introduced by Chinese Super League clubs is only 31. Last season's Chinese Super League champion Shandong Taishan, runner-up Shanghai Haigang and 4th place Changchun Yatai only introduced 1 foreign aid, namely Kressan, Ndiaye and Dino. Among the old clubs, except for Beijing Guoan, who introduced Adebenro, Jiang Xiangyou, Dabro and Memisevic (on loan), Guangzhou, Guangzhou City and Shanghai Shenhua did not introduce new foreign aid.
In terms of bringing in foreign aid, the most active are several promotion clubs. For example, the three towns of Wuhan have introduced 3 foreign aides, including the "standard king" Stanqiu, Meizhou Hakka has also introduced Vukanovic, Kosović, Togalic and Rodrig, and Chengdu Rongcheng has introduced Jin Minyou and Wendby Hiller. Of course, none of the new foreign faces of the Chinese Super League can compete with Hulk, Oscar, Paulinho, Augusto, Carrasco, Hamsik, Fellaini, Mascherano and so on who have successively landed in the Chinese Super League in the past few seasons. The last winter window transfer champion in the Chinese Super League who was worth less than Stanqiu was The Brazilian foreign aid Roshen Barker, who was introduced by Dalian Albin Club at the time in the 2012 season, and his transfer value was 3.05 million euros.
A series of data also always show the overall depression of the domestic professional football transfer market this year. It seems that Liu Jun, deputy secretary general of the Preparatory Group of the China Football Federation, publicly made a statement in early April that "everyone should do a good job of tightening the belt and living a hard life" is not alarmist.
Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao