A few days ago, "Tianjin Daily" once again exposed the news. The media stated that a domestic team has come up with various ways to get its favorite player an annual salary of more than 20 million yuan. In addition to working hard on work contracts and commercial endorsements. The club also used its crooked ideas to target the players' families, and provided high-paying job contracts to the players' wives and relatives.
Of course, the players’ wives and relatives only have titles and do not work for the club at all. In the final analysis, the money is still given to the players. It's just that by doing this, the club can perfectly avoid the Football Association's regulations. After hearing this revelation, fans felt that the Chinese Super League club had done an incredible job, which seemed to confirm the law of policies from above and countermeasures from below.
The original intention of the Chinese Football Association to issue a salary limit order was to reduce the burden on clubs and curb the trend of players' annual income being too high. Take the Tianjin media report that players can earn an annual salary of 20 million, for example. This annual salary is considered a high salary in the five major leagues, and even some of the main players in the five major leagues cannot receive this annual salary. So how can a local Chinese player, whose abilities are far inferior to those of the main players in the five major leagues, get this annual salary? What worries the Football Association and fans even more is that domestic players are reluctant to study abroad under the temptation of high salaries.
Local players were previously willing to stay abroad in the five major leagues. In addition to the fact that the level of the five major leagues is indeed high, another reason is that the treatment provided by the five major leagues is much higher than that of domestic leagues. Therefore, Chinese football once set off a craze for studying abroad, and outstanding players like Yang Chen and Sun Jihai emerged. Among them, Yang Chen scored eight goals in a single season in the Bundesliga, and Sun Jihai played as a main force in the Premier League team Manchester City. However, with the popularity of Jinyuan Football in the Chinese Super League, the annual salary of domestic players has also increased. Players with a little fame and ability can receive an annual salary of tens of millions after tax.
As a result, domestic players lose the motivation to study abroad, not to mention that when they study abroad, they basically end up sitting on the bench. Therefore, domestic players are willing to live in the Chinese Super League with high salaries, so the Football Association has to introduce mandatory measures to significantly restrict the income of domestic players. However, outstanding domestic players are still a scarce resource in the Chinese Super League. Some clubs that want to make a difference in the Chinese Super League also want to attract outstanding players to join them with high salaries.
As a result, some Chinese Super League teams mentioned above appeared, trying every means to offer a player an annual salary of 20 million, and at the same time to avoid the Football Association. They did not hesitate to issue false work contracts so that the players’ wives and relatives would come to the club to receive wages. Therefore, fans are the first to complain about this phenomenon. Fans feel that the Chinese Football Association must be ruthless and carry out an all-round crackdown on the opportunistic behavior of players and clubs.
In addition, the fundamental reason why domestic players can earn 20 million is that there are very few local players who can be called outstanding. Just like when Gao Lin was interviewed by the media, when fans questioned his high salary, Gao Lin said helplessly that if there were a hundred players of the level of Gao Lin and Zheng Zhi in the Chinese Super League, he would definitely not be able to get the high salary he has now. It is not difficult to explain why the annual salaries received by players in the five major leagues are very reasonable, because there are too many outstanding players in the five major leagues, and clubs do not need to use high salaries to retain these players. It is hoped that the Football Association’s salary limit order can be truly implemented and give Chinese football a new look in the future.