The number of foreign aid in the Chinese Super League, which was once strictly limited by the Chinese Football Association, has now been opened again, reaching the so-called standard of 5 foreign aid that can be played in the AFC Champions League.
According to statistics, in the 2023 season, a total of 89 foreign players will play in 16 teams in the Super League, accounting for more than 15% of the 582 registered players. What's more noteworthy is that the average number of appearances per game of foreign aid has also continued to increase, reaching 7.4 times per person, and the number of foreign players playing time and number of times has increased. However, it is worth noting that there are a large number of teams that fail to reach the maximum limit of 4 in almost every round.
The most obvious example is the 29th round of the league, the life-and-death battle between Shanghai Port and Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Port, which has no room for loss, only has one foreign aid Oscar, and Shandong Taishan, which must win, only started 3 foreign aids, because Moises was sent off in the first half, Cressan was late in the second half with a pipa and half covering his face.
From the attitude of the two championship teams towards the appearance of foreign aid, it seems that the reason why the current 4 foreign aid cannot be used up is fixed. On the one hand, because of the limited investment of the club, the strength of foreign aid that can be introduced is mediocre, and it may not be as reliable as local and naturalized players, so it is simply regarded as an ornament. Moreover, also because of the club's limited financial resources, although the registration list reported a sufficient amount of foreign aid, I don't know if I have to pay more wages to foreign aid when I play, so even if the foreign aid has the strength, I can only watch from the sidelines.
For a long time, using inferior foreign aid to be shoddy, or simply rushing to the façade on the bench, or in order to save money and not let people play, in the long run, not only hurt the patience of fans, but also hurt the interest of excellent foreign aid to perform in the Chinese Super League, which can only make the competitiveness and influence of the Chinese Super League worse.
Last season, the best use of foreign aid, is the Zhejiang team, not only can almost every game full of 4 foreign aid, 5 foreign aid is also acceptable, the two foreign aid strikers Leonardo and Musekwe often can not appear at the same time, but also both scored 19 goals and 18 goals, ranking first and second in the scorer list.
When the number of foreign aid players expands to 5, it is still unknown whether the Zhejiang team can fill the warehouse, and other teams that are more stumbling than the use of foreign aid by SIPG, I am afraid that the situation in the new season will be even less optimistic.
In the former Chinese Super League Jinyuan era, it was unimaginable that there were foreign aid quotas that were not full, and now there is simply no foreign aid to go on, leaving all the quotas to local players with more unbearable strength, which has become a common phenomenon. In addition to the fact that the days are too difficult, what other reasons can make many clubs make this choice, I really hope that Bai Yansong can also ask experts why the people have money and don't spend it, and also come to "ask" why the Chinese Super League teams have foreign aid quotas.