In a renewed corruption storm in Chinese football, the news that the former president of SIPG was grimly opened shocked the entire football industry. However, the storm did not subside, and Cai Zhenhua, a senior official of the Chinese Football Association, and Xu Jiayin, chairman of Evergrande Group, were implicated. The involvement of these two heavyweights has brought deep turmoil and unease to the Chinese football community.
Corruption in Chinese football has always been a quagmire. However, the starting point of this corruption storm in 2021 stemmed from the severe double opening of the former president of SIPG. As the senior management of a prestigious club, he was accused of serious disciplinary problems, including accepting benefits and abusing his power. The exposure of this news has plunged the Chinese football community into a huge shock.
Just as the corruption storm was initially subsided, the name of Cai Zhenhua, a senior official of the Chinese Football Association, was mentioned. Cai Zhenhua is not only an important figure of the Chinese Football Association, but also an important pillar of the Chinese football industry. This fact that cannot be ignored has once again plunged the entire football world into shock and unease. Details about Cai's involvement are unknown, but his involvement is still a wake-up call in Chinese football.
As the former president of the Chinese Football Association, Cai Zhenhua experienced the most glorious era of Chinese football, during which the achievements of the Chinese Super League and the national football team have made huge breakthroughs, so Cai Zhenhua is highly regarded and almost no one has questioned him. However, it was in this golden era that Chinese football fell into the quagmire of corruption. At the beginning, each Chinese Super League team had abundant funds, which gave Cai Zhenhua the opportunity to enrich his own pockets. However, from the current point of view, what Cai Zhenhua did at this stage actually accelerated the decline and decline of Chinese football. Whether the bursting of the gold dollar bubble is inextricably linked to him is a thought-provoking question. Cai Zhenhua is now very suspected, and whether he is involved in corruption has become the focus of attention.
Along with Cai Zhenhua, the name of Xu Jiayin, chairman of Evergrande Group, was implicated. As a giant in domestic football, Xu Jiayin's involvement has once again focused the attention of the entire football industry on corruption. Concerns have been expressed about the future of Chinese football. The involvement of powerful tycoons not only shows the seriousness of the corruption problem, but also triggers a rethinking of China's football reform.
The renewed corruption storm in Chinese football has raised the attention of the whole society to the football industry again. This storm not only exposed corruption within the football industry, but also posed a serious challenge to the development of Chinese football. The outbreak of corruption is not accidental; it is a concentrated outbreak of long-standing problems. Only through strict supervision and effective system construction can we eradicate corruption in Chinese football and create a good environment for the healthy development of Chinese football. This corruption storm should be seen as a warning in the history of Chinese football, and an opportunity to lay the foundation for reform and reconstruction. Only by taking the anti-corruption as an opportunity, relying on international experience and advanced concepts, repairing the foundation of Chinese football and developing in a transparent, fair and standardized environment can we realize the football dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.