According to the regulations of the Chinese Football Association, the registration for the 2022 season of the Chinese Super League will close at 24:00 on May 5, and Zhang Xiuwei and Li Xuepeng, who were officially announced not to be in the Guangzhou team's list, will face no ball to play if they do not accept the Guangzhou team's salary reduction request at the last moment, at least before the summer window of the Chinese Super League is opened.
Although the Guangzhou team released most of the main players last season, including Wei Shihao, Yang Liyu and other players, guangzhou team did not reach a transfer agreement with other teams, and in the end, Wei Shihao and others could only stay in the team. Earlier, Guangzhou announced the list of players in the first team of the new season, but Zhang Xiuwei and Li Xuepeng, who remained in the team registration, were not on the list.
Previously, it was reported that the Guangzhou team had been registered by Zhang Xiuwei and Li Xuepeng, but if the 2 people wanted to get the registration of the Guangzhou team, they needed to accept the guangzhou team's salary reduction requirements, and did not appear on the list, which meant that the 2 and the Guangzhou team did not reach an agreement, and fought against the club in a hard way, and the final "price" was that they could not get registered.
Although the final start time of the new season has not yet been determined, the Chinese Football Association stipulates that May 5 is the deadline for registration in the Chinese Super League, and if Li Xuepeng and Zhang Xiuwei do not accept the terms proposed by Guangzhou, they will face the embarrassing situation of not having the ball to play at least until the summer window on August 1 opens.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to accepting the request for salary cuts, Guangzhou has also reached an agreement with the departing star players, as long as they play for the team in the 2022 season, they can leave the team freely after the end of the season. Zhang Xiuwei and Li Xuepeng, unless a team in the summer window offers a transfer fee to take them away, they will still face the danger of being "rotten" by the Guangzhou team.