On April 10, Beijing time, well-known reporter Han Tan revealed that the Chinese Super League giant Shandong Taishan Club has not paid bonuses for the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League this year, which is the first time in the team's history. This veteran Chinese Super League giant seems to be really in a "crisis" as rumored by the outside world.
Previously, Shandong Taishan's winning bonuses were all one game. However, in the last year, the club's winning bonuses are no longer as smooth as they used to be. Since last summer, it has been changed to two games and one knot. Although there were delays in the issuance at the time, the deadline would not exceed two weeks. The only exception was the 6-1 win over Kaya in the AFC Champions League group stage in late November at the end of last season, which was ultimately delayed until January this year, during the winter training in Haikou, which was a precedent at the time.
However, in 2024, the phenomenon of the delay in the bonus of the Taishan team is becoming more and more serious, which makes the players confused and very uncomfortable. So far in the new season, Taishan has played 5 rounds of the Chinese Super League and 4 AFC Champions League games, but until now the players have not received any bonuses.
There is a saying within the team that the bonus will be paid after the club's shareholders' meeting, but the specific meeting time has not yet been determined, which means that the club still has not given any guarantee when the winning bonus of Taishan players will be paid this year. However, Hantan also bluntly said that the rumored arrears of wages do not exist in the Taishan team, and the club's salary payment has always been very punctual.
In the new season, the Chinese Super League has been played 5 rounds, and the Taishan team has 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 8 points, ranking 7th, and the start performance is not satisfactory. At present, the Taishan team has been thrown off by the leader Shanghai Shenhua by 7 points, and the league championship has lost at the starting line.