The football world is ever-changing, and this season of the Chinese Super League has seen many established teams face financial crises, no longer the powerful giants they once were. Honestly, many fans feel a bit heartbroken, watching these once-glorious teams now struggling to make ends meet, even facing difficulties in basic operations.
Especially clubs like Sanying, Yatai, and Cangzhou are particularly disheartening.
If this continues, who knows if more tragedies will occur.
Let's start with Sanying, once a champion of the Chinese Super League, now in deep trouble.
It's said that the halo of a championship team lasts more than just a year or two, but once it fades, it exposes their fatal weakness.
What weakness?
Funds!
After winning the Chinese Super League title, the team's momentum was originally quite good, but who knew that good times wouldn't last, money started to be short, and development followed suit.
Seriously, over the years, the management of Sanying has been running around to various investors to raise funds, but the money never arrived, and until now, the team is still plagued by wage arrears.
You know, even national team players have begun to leave one after another, like Wei Shihao, Liu Dianzuo, who directly chose to leave, who can't feel sorry for them?
Look at it, the results fluctuate greatly, the lineup is unstable, there is simply no way to maintain the competitiveness of the Chinese Super League.
When will the funding issue be resolved?
The patience of the fans is probably almost exhausted.
Some netizens say: Looking at the operation of Sanying, I really don't know what to say, the former champion ah, how to fall down.
The management does not solve the problem of funds, what to attract good players?
This is true, the problem of money is really not something that a club can solve by fighting alone, there must be financial support.
Let's talk about Yatai, privately operated, single source of funds, can this model hold up in today's era?
Yatai was once a traditional strong team in the Chinese Super League, as we all know, able to take root in the barren land of Chinese football for so many years, is also a great achievement.
But the problem is that the funds are unstable, player salaries, field maintenance, and even investment in youth training have become big problems.
During the season, Yatai really tried its best to keep its Chinese Super League qualification, but at the end, it almost fell into the relegation zone.
The team finally barely kept its qualification, but it is difficult to conceal the facts of difficulties in recent years.
Even worse, coach Xie Hui is also facing whether to continue coaching.
If he leaves, what will Yatai do?
Can changing coaches solve these problems?
Some netizens commented: If Xie Hui really leaves, Yatai really doesn't know what kind of coach they can find.
Xie Hui's tactics are really quite distinctive, leaving, who can take over this mess?
Maybe this is really the biggest problem for Yatai right now, changing coaches is undoubtedly a big risk.
The dilemma of Cangzhou Eagles is also very representative.
The performance of this team this season is simply low-key to the extreme, the results are just average, the pressure to avoid relegation is great, there is simply no sense of presence.
To be honest, Cangzhou has always been a low-key and unassuming team, but unexpectedly, this season has become one of the poorest clubs.
The problem of funds has become a nightmare that they cannot escape, even foreign aid Oscar has begun to seek a transfer, for Cangzhou, is it really going to be finished?
Even if some funding issues are resolved in the short term, in the long run, it will not be easy for Cangzhou to maintain competitiveness.
If the team does not want to sink completely, it probably needs to find a wealthy investor to take over.
Some netizens mentioned: Cangzhou's situation is not hopeless, but if it cannot find a breakthrough in terms of funding, the team may really disappear from the stage of the Chinese Super League.
Cangzhou's current situation is indeed worrying to watch.
Let's take a look at the situation of Meizhou Hakka.
This team has been relegated and faces entry issues, and the pressure of the capital chain also makes it difficult for them to breathe.
Meizhou Hakka was once proud of its profound Hakka culture and fan base, but the blow of relegation has made everything unpredictable.
If they cannot save themselves in the short term, their future will be full of variables.
The possible outcome is that Meizhou will become a regret in the circle of Chinese football, just like some historical teams in the past.
If you want to turn things around, you can only hope to find a strong investor, or tap potential internally, but this road is not easy to walk.
Some netizens say: Meizhou is really a tragedy, with profound Hakka cultural heritage and high fan support, unfortunately, the current financial problems are really unbearable, relegation may become their end.
This is somewhat pessimistic, but it must be said that Meizhou Hakka is indeed facing unprecedented challenges.
Looking back at the Chinese Football Association, although they have announced the first batch of clubs that have completed debt repayment, and most of these teams have passed the review smoothly, there are still many clubs that have not met the standards.
Whether the measures of the Football Association can really help these teams in trouble is questionable.
Because only the answer given by time is the most reliable.
Different clubs also have different response strategies, some seek external investment, some strengthen internal management, but whether it can work or not, no one can say for sure.
Now the most headache is whether the policy of the Football Association can effectively help these teams out of the predicament and maintain the competitiveness of the Chinese Super League.
The funding issues of the Chinese Super League have reached a critical point.
Past glory does not mean that these clubs can always rest assured and walk steadily.
Currently, if Chinese Super League clubs want to develop sustainably, they must solve the problem of funds and achieve a balance between income and expenditure.
And this, obviously, is not something that can be solved in a few months.
In the future, whether the Chinese Super League will undergo major changes depends on how each club responds to this challenge and whether the policies of the Football Association can really play a role.
I hope these clubs can rise to the challenge and not let the glory of the Chinese Super League become history and memories of the fans.