Liu Yongzhuo: established the Evergrande Dynasty, had a close relationship with the Football Association, and once made the largest parallel goods in the Chinese Super League
With the confirmation of an official notice, Liu Yongzhuo, the former chairman of Guangzhou Evergrande Club, was officially confirmed to have been detained, becoming another "down" Evergrande senior personnel in the past year. As the most successful manager of the Chinese Super League in the past, Liu Yongzhuo's arrest caused a very strong repercussion in Chinese football. Judging from the current situation, with Liu Yongzhuo's deep foundation in football back then, it is likely that a series of new shocks in football will be implicated in the follow-up.
Liu Yongzhuo, 43, was appointed chairman of Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club in 2010 when he was not yet 30. Due to the large amount of financial support from Evergrande Group, Liu Yongzhuo only took two years to build Evergrande into the first giant in Chinese football. From the 2011 Evergrande rush to the end of the 2017 season, Liu Yongzhuo went into the field, Evergrande was the league champion every season, creating a legendary period of "Evergrande Dynasty".
Liu Yongzhuo's secret to success in Evergrande, there are three in total: one is a large investment, backed by the parent company's blood transfusion, Evergrande is one of the largest investment clubs in the Chinese Super League every year, under the heavy reward, Liu Yongzhuo has introduced Conca, Paulinho, Goulart, Muric and other legendary stars of the Chinese Super League, and domestic aid has also frequently created local standard kings, almost single-handedly pushing the market price of the international players from less than 10 million to the level of "45 million +", which directly caused the soaring value of the international players in the era of the Chinese Super League.
The second is to continue the "fine tradition" of the parent company and establish the most powerful public relations department in the history of Chinese football. In the era of Liu Yongzhuo, Evergrande's annual "information fee" allocated to major media topped the Chinese Super League, which also directly contributed to the prestige of the "Evergrande Brand Department". In addition, Liu Yongzhuo and the Chinese Football Association also established a very close relationship, during his time in charge of Evergrande, the Football Association braved the world's condemnation, gave Evergrande an unprecedented "seven foreign aid" concessions, then the Football Association of the real power faction Yu Hongchen, Cai Zhenhua and others, also frequently invited to Evergrande home stadium to watch the game, which is not the treatment of other clubs. It was also during the Liu Yongzhuo period that the "Liu Jian case" broke out between Evergrande and Qingdao Zhongneng, but under the protection of the Football Association, Evergrande finally won a big victory.
The third is to introduce the concept of a modern football club and create a head coach responsibility system. During Liu Yongzhuo's time, Evergrande experienced two world-class coaches, namely Lippi and Scolari, both of whom had full say in the club's football affairs. It is precisely because of this system that Evergrande has ensured a working atmosphere of "professional people doing professional things". It was not until the fall of 2019 that Evergrande coach Cannavaro was "Xi", and the head coach responsibility system founded by Liu Yongzhuo officially existed in name only.
Despite his huge contribution to Evergrande, Liu Yongzhuo in 2016 advocated the introduction of Jackson Martinez, the largest "parallel import" foreign player in the history of the Chinese Super League, and this failed deal caused Evergrande a loss of at least 80 million euros. The following year, Liu Yongzhuo was held accountable by Xu Jiayin for club management problems, and finally left the Evergrande Club, until now he has become a prisoner.