The last world-class player in the Chinese Super League left early in July? Sources: He intends to stay, the question is salary

Chengdu Business Daily Red Star News

2024-05-11 15:00Published on the official account of Red Star News of Chengdu Business Daily, Sichuan

The Chinese Super League in the Jin Yuan era was once known as the "sixth largest league in the world" because of its crazy money burning. At its peak, the Chinese Super League once gathered Paulinho, Hulk, Oscar, Teixeira, Miranda, Pato, Witsel, Mascherano, Pelle, Fellaini, Carrasco, Hamsic, Shaarawy, Augusto, Kim Minjae, Zahavi, Robinho, Talisca and other first-line stars in world football, which can be said to be "star-studded".

But with the ebb of the Golden Yuan era of the Chinese Super League, only a bubble remains. The teams began to "cut back on food and clothing", and the big-name foreign aides also fled. At the end of the 2023 season, after the departure of Fellaini, a meritorious foreign aid of Shandong Taishan, the only world-class star left in the Chinese Super League is Shanghai Port midfielder Oscar. The Brazilian media "bolavip" reported on May 11 that Oscar may leave the Super League early......

Oscar: Photo: Visual China

Oscar's contract with the harbor expires in November

Oscar joined Shanghai Port from Chelsea in 2017 for a transfer fee of 60 million euros, becoming one of the world's biggest names who went to the Chinese Super League to "pan for gold" at that time. According to many media reports, Oscar's annual salary at the Shanghai port is as high as 24 million euros. "Daily Mail" also disclosed that at the end of 2019, before the salary limit issued by the Chinese Football Association, Oscar renewed his contract with Shanghai SIPG for 5 years, and he could still get a super high annual salary of 24 million euros. After the salary limit order in 2020 was released, the capped annual salary of the Chinese Super League's foreign players was 3 million euros, but because Oscar signed a long-term contract before the salary limit order was introduced, it perfectly "escaped" a large salary cut.

In the 8 seasons he has played for Harbour, Oscar's total annual salary is as high as 192 million euros, which is equivalent to about 1.49 billion yuan according to the latest exchange rate, which also makes Oscar a veritable "working emperor"! England's "Daily Star" once lamented: "Oscar's bank account has piled up, and he can even buy Juventus' home stadium - Allianz Stadium in Turin!" ”

Oscar's five-year contract with Shanghai Port will expire in November this year. It was previously reported that Oscar will leave the Super League after the expiration of the contract, after all, if he wants to renew the contract, he will have to accept the salary limit order of the Super League, but such a large salary cut is difficult for Oscar himself to accept, after all, he is only 32 years old, is in the year of play, and his state and ability are still the top in the Super League - this season Oscar scored 3 goals and 6 assists in 9 mid-game games, and he also had an assist performance in last night's 5-2 win over Changchun Yatai in the harbor.

Brazilian media: Flamengo will bring in Oscar ahead of schedule in July

The Brazilian media "Bolavip" reported on May 11 that Oscar may leave the Chinese Super League early, and the Brazilian team Flamengo hopes to officially sign Oscar in July, because the summer transfer of the Brazilian Liga will open on July 10. The 2024 Brazilian Liga season opened on April 14, and Flamengo only had 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the first 5 rounds, temporarily ranking 7th, so Flamengo is very hopeful of bringing in Oscar to improve the team's offensive organization.

In fact, since 2022, Flamengo has been regarding Oscar as a target for recruitment, when it was once rumored that the Brazilian club might loan Oscar to Shanghai Port in the summer of 2022, and during that time, a selfie of Oscar wearing a Flamengo jersey was circulated on social media, which was considered a "jersey announcement". But in the end, the deal was aborted because Flamengo struggled to offer a salary that matched the psychological price of the Oscars at the time, and because there was no money to provide a loan fee to the Shanghai port.

At the end of last year, Oscar's agent Bertolucci revealed to the Brazilian media "Bolavip" that Oscar is likely to play for Flamengo after fulfilling his contract with Shanghai Port in November 2024. "Oscar has reached a verbal agreement with Flamengo." Bertolucci said this in an interview at the time.

According to the latest report of "Bolavip", if Flamengo brought in Oscar in advance in July this year, then theoretically Shanghai Port could also receive a transfer fee, which will somewhat recover some of the huge expenses spent on Oscar over the years. However, on the German transfer market website, Oscar's latest value has dropped to 5 million euros.

Red Star News got in touch with a source close to Oscar today, who said that Oscar actually has the intention to continue to stay in Shanghai Port, but now the biggest obstacle is still under the restrictions of the salary limit order, and the Harbour Club will definitely not be able to continue to give Oscar the annual salary conditions he wants. Once Oscar leaves the team early, it will definitely have a certain impact on the harbor to compete for the Chinese Super League championship and the AFC Champions League this year, but Wu Lei, Gustavo, Vargas and other attackers are in excellent condition, and Shanghai Port will not be unavailable on the offensive end.

Whether it is in July or November this year, if Oscar really leaves the Chinese Super League, it will mean that the Chinese Super League will lose the last big-name star left in the Golden Yuan era, and the former "World Sixth League" will become a legend.

Red Star News reporter Jiang Shan

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