The former Guangzhou Evergrande and now guangzhou team have become a very significant role in the times at the beginning of entering the Chinese professional football league. They quickly left a strong mark in the history of Chinese football with the Golden Dollar Offensive, not only winning the Chinese Super League championship consecutively, but also winning the AFC Champions League twice. For a time, driven by Guangzhou Evergrande, other clubs in the Chinese Super League have invested heavily in the world football world, constantly buying and buying, and bought the Chinese Super League into the sixth largest league in the world. In addition to daring to recruit top domestic players with high salaries, Evergrande is also squandering in the purchase of foreign aid. With the introduction of a number of measures by the Football Association this season, Evergrande began to shift from spending money and buying to internal potential. But Evergrande's shocking operations in the past transfer market will undoubtedly make fans talk about it for a long time. So who are the ten most expensive people that Evergrande has ever bought?
10. Conca (€8.2 million, Fluminense, 2011)
Once the king of celestial bodies, he attracted widespread attention in Chinese football at the beginning of his joining. Conca then kept using goals and assists to prove he was worth it. With a wide field of vision and excellent skills, Conca's style of play is very ornamental, and it immediately makes other teams in the Chinese Super League realize their gap with Evergrande in terms of reinforcements. He made 99 appearances for Evergrande, scored 54 goals and provided 37 assists, and was a hero when Evergrande won the first AFC Champions League trophy. Although he later joined Evergrande's rival Shanghai SIPG, Conca is still the best foreign aid in the hearts of Guangzhou fans.
9. Barrios (€8.5 million, Dortmund, 2012)
After the successful promotion and the rapid establishment of a foothold in the Chinese Super League, Evergrande did not settle for the status quo, but quickly put the plan to dominate the domestic league on the agenda. So in the summer of 2012, Bundesliga shooter Barrios parachuted into the celestial body, but the Paraguayan journey in China did not meet expectations. Barrios scored 13 goals in 33 appearances for Evergrande, far less efficient than Borussia Dortmund's main goalscorer. After that, Barrios violated Evergrande's team rules without authorization, and revealed evergrande's salary arrears to the media, and applied to FIFA for free leave. Evergrande then sued FIFA for breach of contract and demanded a six-month global ban for a €25 million penalty. After that, FIFA decided not to accept Barrios' transfer application, forcing the Paraguayans to bow to Evergrande and eventually join Sparta Moscow for a transfer fee of 7 million euros.
8. Zhang Chenglin (€9.7 million, Beijing Renhe, 2017)
Due to his outstanding performances in Beijing Renhe, 2017 defender Zhang Chenglin was signed by Evergrande as an international. The club wanted him to be an important player in the team's defence and given the lack of left-back positions at the time, the transfer was widely anticipated. In fact, Zhang Chenglin's physical confrontation ability is relatively excellent, and he also has a certain attribute of a defender with a knife. However, due to the fierce competition in the Evergrande team, Zhang Chenglin did not sit in the main position in the first two seasons of joining Evergrande, and did not start any game in the Chinese Super League in the first season, only 6 substitute opportunities. After that, Evergrande began to pay attention to the rejuvenation of the team, which made Zhang Chenglin have to seek to leave the team on loan. Now he plays for Kunshan FC in the Chinese League A and has become the core of the team's defense.
7. Zhang Wenzhao (€10.4 million, Shandong Luneng, 2016)
Zhang Wenzhao has always been a famous side fast horse in domestic football, first became famous in Changchun Yatai, and then switched to Shandong Luneng, although some water and soil are not satisfied, but its characteristics have been vividly reflected. As a result, Evergrande spent a lot of money to sign Zhang Wenzhao in 2016, but compared with the level of the main players of the national team signed in the past, Zhang Wenzhao's inflated value made the deal not optimistic from the beginning. He has been with Evergrande for two years and has scored 2 goals and 7 assists in 30 appearances. Among them, the moment when assisting Yu Hanchao to kill Suning should be one of the few highlights of Zhang Wenzhao's Evergrande career.
6. Alain (€11.1 million, Red Bull Salzburg, 2015)
As one of the attacking tridents of Red Bull Salzburg in the past, Alain was also highly anticipated when he joined Evergrande. In fact, Alain's goal efficiency has always been very good, and his 99 appearances for Evergrande, with 58 goals and 26 assists, are also outstanding. However, Alain has never been correctly used by Evergrande, coupled with the implementation of the planning policy, Evergrande has accumulated a number of outstanding foreign aides, which has also led to Alain being loaned to Tianjin Tianhai and Beijing Guoan successively. In Beijing and Tianjin, Alain still maintained a good goal efficiency and eventually entered the Chinese national team as a naturalized identity. Alain was taken back into the team by Cannavaro this season and is regarded by fans as one of evergrande's key players to regain the league title.
5. Paulinho (€14 million, Tottenham, 2015)
Paulinho, as the only core-level foreign aid in Evergrande's history who can compete with Conca, immediately showed a shocking ability when he first joined Evergrande. As a formidable BtoB midfielder, Paulinho has a wide range of coverage on the pitch and a unique leadership temperament. His joint efforts with captain Zheng Zhi injected more winning temperament into Evergrande. When playing against strong opponents, Paulinho can be a key figure in the team to break the deadlock, or it can be a manifestation of the willpower of the people to stand firm. It was thanks to his phenomenal performance in the Chinese Super League that Paulinho was called up from Barcelona in La Liga.
4. Gaulat (€15 million, Cruzeiro, 2015)
The 2015 AFC Champions League belonged to Gaulat, a Brazilian striker who not only helped Evergrande win the championship, but also won the golden boot and MVP awards. After scoring 103 goals and 53 assists in 157 appearances for Evergrande. Injury has become a shackle restricting Gaulat further in Chinese football, and by the time he returns from injury, he has lost his main position in the Evergrande team, and then was loaned to Hebei Huaxia Happiness, but it is difficult to reproduce the glory of the past. However, with his successful naturalization, he can continue to be active in the Chinese Super League in the future, and after returning to Evergrande this season, he has already had a clear momentum of return through several games.
3. Talisca (€19.2 million, Benfica, 2019)
Dubbed the "Water Tower" by fans, although his performance in the previous league was a bit disappointing, it is undeniable that Talisca's left foot skills are still among the best in the Chinese Super League. Coupled with Paulinho formed a "pagoda combination" that made Guangzhou fans rejoice, it also killed four parties in the Chinese Super League. Talisca's influence on Evergrande's offensive end in the past few seasons can be seen, but with the escalation of the local epidemic in Brazil, Talisca failed to return to China in time, and eventually Evergrande had to accept the offer of Saudi giants Riyadh victory and let go of this excellent Brazilian striker.
2. Jackson Martinez (€42 million, Atletico Madrid, 2016)
As one of the champions of Evergrande's team history, J Ma's experience in China is really lamentable. After joining the club for less than a season, he became a glass man, frequent injuries caused the condition to be unsurpassed, only 16 appearances in the three years for Evergrande, with 4 goals and 2 assists, considering evergrande gave him an annual salary of up to 12 million euros, during which the club lost 600 million yuan on him. And J Ma finally left the team as a free body, resulting in Evergrande not getting a penny of transfer fees. After leaving China, J Ma once admitted that he was seriously plagued by injuries when he played for Atletico, and because he did not receive thorough treatment, when he encountered injuries in China, the recurrence of old injuries caused his health to deteriorate. It seems that the club did not make a comprehensive and effective assessment when evaluating the introduction of J-Ma, which led to this costly mistake.
1. Paulinho (€42 million, Barcelona, 2019)
Just one season after joining Barca and Partner Messi, Guangzhou Evergrande, who lost Paulinho and led to a decline in dominance, eagerly welcomed back the meritorious midfielder on loan. Paulinho's seamless switch between La Liga and the Chinese Super League has made Evergrande a strong contender for the Chinese Super League title immediately after regaining the Brazilian. After once again witnessing the power of the Brazilian, Evergrande turned the loan into a permanent transfer in 2019, buying Paulinho for the second time.