During the period when there is still no specific opening news of the Chinese Super League, even the attention of the AFC Champions League has continued to decline in China, not only because the youth teams sent by Guangzhou and Shandong have a dismal record, but also because of the decline of the overall domestic football situation, and the data of the winter window before the new season also explains many problems.
At present, according to the statistics of German transfer, the total amount of transactions in this year's winter window has declined seriously, only 1.82 million euros (about 12.5 million yuan), but considering that many players have suffered from unpaid wages from the team, and because they have not been renewed after the end of the contract period, many players have joined other teams as free agents, which has also caused them to transfer at 0 costs.
However, this is not enough to explain the reason for such a huge gap, if you do not have much concept of the figure of 1.82 million euros, to give you an example, in 2017, the Chinese Super League domestic aid champion Zhang Chengdong in that year's transfer fee was 20.435 million euros, that is to say, the total amount of domestic aid transactions this year is even only about one-twelfth of Zhang Chengdong's transfer fee.
Such a "sudden" decline undoubtedly reflects the current downturn in the domestic football market, in the case of overall salary arrears and financial difficulties, "tightening the belt" has become the consensus of all clubs.
Of course, not only the domestic aid market is cold, but foreign aid is also "bad".
After two consecutive salary restriction orders, domestic football has basically said goodbye to international superstars, and the standard king of this year's winter window assistance is stanqiu, a new foreign aid to the three towns of Wuhan, who is worth 4 million euros.
Since the 2015 season, the value of the Chinese Super League winter window aid has remained high, and one is higher than the other, and the high is getting more and more outrageous, until 2020 began to fall.
In recent years, the king of the excesses took stock
In 2012, Roshin Buck (Dalian Albin) 3.05 million euros;
In 2013, Axon (Guangzhou Evergrande) 6.5 million euros;
In 2014, Montillo (Taishan, Shandong) 8 million euros;
In 2015, Gaulat (Guangzhou Evergrande) 15 million euros;
In 2016, Teixeira (Jiangsu Suning) 50 million euros;
In 2017, Oscar (Shanghai Seaport) 60 million euros;
In 2018, Bakambu (Beijing Guoan) 40 million euros;
In 2019, Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) 44.5 million euros;
9.6 million euros in 2020 for Fernando (Beijing Guoan);
In 2021, Quintero (Shenzhen Kaisa) 8.2 million euros.
Comparing stanchu with the value of 4 million euros based on this data, I am afraid that I will know the real situation of Chinese football at present.
However, although the teams as a whole seem to be "poor", there are also teams that come with ambitions.
As a promotion horse, the three towns in Wuhan have made great efforts in the introduction of reinforcements, and the total value of the current team has reached 18.15 million euros, even exceeding the value of the whole team in Taishan, Shandong, which is really menacing and fearsome, but in such a big environment, whether such a huge investment can produce corresponding returns, it also depends on the degree of the team's grinding to determine.
As one of the giants of the Chinese Super League, Shanghai Harbor has also declined its competitiveness this season after announcing the departure of 16 players, although it is not difficult to continue, but it also needs to make certain adjustments to the lineup.
It is worth noting that Guangzhou and Hebei are facing no foreign aid in the new season, the former Chinese Super League overlords and giants are now facing the embarrassment of becoming a relegation favorite team, I have to say that in today's exciting football environment, every club can be described as a difficult survival...