Since the Football Association announced the latest league entry list at the beginning of last month, the once-raging unpaid wage storm seems to have turned over. Therefore, all that is left to worry about is when the league will start.
In fact, this matter is far from being as simple as everyone thinks, and most clubs still have wage arrears. It was only in the communication with the players that the club gave some promises and asked the players to sign the documents, and finally the club successfully submitted the access documents. In fact, the players could have not signed, to negotiate with the team hardcore to get the salary they deserve, but there is really no way, after all, it is now the "club market", not the "player market", the initiative is completely in the hands of the team, as long as they do not sign, they may not even have the basic playing opportunities, and even be kicked out of the team.
Everything seems like the club is in control of the market dynamics and the fate of the players, but this is not the case. No team wants to owe wages, after all, reasonable club operation is the guarantee of good results. However, a large part of the reason for this kind of unpaid wages is that the team's budget was overdrawn in advance in order to inflate the results, resulting in difficulties in the operation of the future.
Guangzhou Evergrande (Guangzhou team) has reached the point of collapse, and the beautiful Tianjin Quanjian and the Chinese happiness that has spent thousands of dollars have now withered away in another form. Even Beijing Guoan, a traditional giant in the Chinese Super League, still has unpaid wages. Shanghai Shenhua, on the other hand, was directly banned from player trading by FIFA because of salary disputes.
These super giants of the former scenery have now fallen to this point, which is inevitable to be lamented. They want to survive, but there isn't much money on the surface (it's not excluded that some teams are reluctant to take it out even if they have money). Everything looks like a broken jar, no capital, no players, and it is a blessing for the team to be alive.
However, recently it was revealed that the Football Association wanted to return the original reinforcement adjustment fee!
As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the media, fans and even major teams. What exactly is the referral adjustment fee? How much money can I have? As for caring so much?
This reinforcement adjustment fee was originally set up by the Football Association in order to curb the team's crazy burning of money. A few years ago, the Chinese Super League fell into a crazy era of gold yuan, and many teams frantically threw money at the introduction of internal and external aid in order to quickly improve their performance. Domestic players have reached tens of millions, those with national brand backgrounds have reached about 100 million, and foreign aid has become sky-high.
The Football Association has set a limit on the introduction of "domestic aid can not exceed 20 million, foreign aid must not exceed 45 million". Once exceeded, it is necessary to pay the same amount of adjustment fees to curb the gold yuan market.
This is where the reinforcement fee comes from.
However, for some giant teams, the configuration of the team has reached a certain level, in order to set up the relevant supporting facilities, even if it is to pay a large adjustment fee, it is necessary to pay a heavy amount of reinforcements. For example, Guangzhou Evergrande paid more than 70 million euros in adjustment fees for the "pagoda combination", which is about 500 million yuan!
In addition, Beijing Guoan's Vieira and Bakambu, Shandong Taishan's Fellaini, Shanghai's Arnautovic in Shanghai Harbor, Shanghai Shenhua's Sharawi, as well as Modeste and Quintero, are all within the scope. Its amount is tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.
In the era of gold yuanhua, perhaps no one will care, but now under the epidemic, the continuous competition system and the football association's neutral name policy have made the club lose almost all economic resources, so what can the club rely on to support the team? Under the condition of the survival of small capital, this reinforcement adjustment fee will directly affect the fate of the team.
The original collection of the reinforcement adjustment fee seemed reasonable, and there were sufficient excuses to implement it. But at the level of financial review, this is actually a confused account.
In March, the relevant state departments went to the Football Association in depth on the issue of this fee, and urged the Football Association to deal with this fee as soon as possible. Because this fee cannot be issued as a compliance receipt, it can only be pressed on the FA all the time.
Is this a serious problem? Of course!
I don't know if you remember, the Shanghai Harbor, a giant in the Chinese Super League, actually took a lot of trouble when introducing Arnautovic. The media rumored that Shanghai Hong Kong was fighting Chen Shuyuan as the head of the Football Association and maliciously evaded the adjustment fee. In fact, this is not the case, the original SIPG has prepared a regulation fee, but the Football Association can not issue a reasonable receipt, which is obviously unacceptable to SIPG. And this in itself is the FA's own mistake, so it can't stop Anao from playing.
Later, in our annual financial report of SIPG, there was such a note as "important other payables with an age of more than 1 year", which refers to Anao's 150 million adjustment fee.
Since the Football Association cannot come up with a reasonable and nationally recognized basis, and most teams have now reached the point where they cannot open the pot, they should return this fee in full and let everyone work together to get through this difficult time. Therefore, the FOOTBALL Association really has no reason to refuse the club's request.
In the past, the Guangzhou team clearly told the players: once the Football Association returns the adjustment fee, then all the salaries owed before will be paid in one lump sum. The adjustment fee of 500 million yuan is enough to support the operation of the team, and the Guangzhou team will not fall apart like now. Beijing Guoan's 40 million euro adjustment fee is also conducive to the rapid resolution of the problem of salary arrears. In addition, for Shanghai Shenhua, the Football Association needs to return the original 15 million euros of Sharawi, which can be filled in the economic dispute with former coach Flores.
Therefore, at present, for the Football Association, it is not only anxious about when the league will start, but also when to give the club the adjustment fee that is related to the survival of the club.
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