Recently, there is news that the Football Association will study the issue of returning the reinforcement adjustment fee, which has attracted the attention of fans and the media. At this juncture, the Shanghai media justified SIPG's failure to pay the adjustment fee.
Shanghai media reporter Song Chengliang wrote that the reason why the Shanghai seaport did not hand over Arnautovic's reinforcement adjustment fee is because this reinforcement adjustment fee is only a 'rule' formulated by the Football Association, and the Football Association cannot issue bills.
Is it really reasonable for SIPG not to pay the adjustment fee? Let's first look at when the reinforcement adjustment fee was introduced.
At the beginning of the winter window of the 2018 season, under the impetus of Du Zhang and Du Zhang, the Football Association began to levy a reinforcement adjustment fee, and as long as the transfer fee of foreign aid exceeded 45 million yuan, it was necessary to pay the same amount of reinforcement adjustment fee.
According to this regulation, evergrande, Luneng and Guoan clubs have all paid a lot of money for foreign aides such as Talisca, Paulinho, Fellaini and Bakambu respectively.
It is reported that Arnautovic is the shanghai port that transferred from the Premier League in 2019 for 25 million euros.
According to the regulations, SIPG needs to pay more than 100 million yuan of reinforcement adjustment fees for Arnautovic, but this account has always been lying on SIPG's books and has not been paid to the FA truthfully.
Since the FA can't issue bills, why can't all other teams pay them, but SIPG can't? This is a point that the outside world does not understand very much. In addition, if a team violates the rules, why does the Football Association not issue a fine, but instead let it go?
Judging from the rules and regulations of this reinforcement adjustment fee, the Football Association did not say that the club must pay this fee, in other words, it is okay for SIPG not to pay it. However, the Football Association also said in the regulations that foreign aides who do not pay the reinforcement adjustment fee cannot obtain registration qualifications and cannot play in the league, otherwise the club may be deducted points and punished, or even relegated.
So the question arises: since Anau is not qualified to play in the Chinese Super League according to the regulations, how did he successfully qualify and play in the Chinese Super League? Anao played in the Chinese Super League in violation of the law, why did the Football Association not make corresponding penalties according to the regulations?
These two points are at the heart of the matter.
It is no wonder that some fans have left messages questioning that the Football Association's non-punishment is the root of the problem. Other clubs that have paid adjustment fees are dissatisfied for this reason.