[TheEpochTimesFebruary192022](Reported by The Epoch Times reporter Xia Qiao) Recently,Guangzhou HengdaGuangzhou under the GroupfootballClub releases playerspay cutAnnouncement, the main players pay nearly 90%.In addition, five high-paid naturalized players have joined the teamTerminate the contract。
Comprehensive land media news, February 16, GuangzhoufootballThe club released the “Football Club Players Determination and Salary Standards”, involving players including the Guangzhou team’s first-line players (30 players), the reserve team (20 players), the echelon (25 players) and the women’s football team (25 players). According to this standard, the annual salary of the main players of the first team is capped at 600,000 yuan (RMB, the same below), and only 3 people can get the maximum salary; while the starting salary of the first team is only 60,000 yuan.
Previously, according to the salary limit order issued by the Chinese Football Association in 2021, the annual salary limit of Guangzhou team players is 5 million yuan.pay cutThe range is 88%.
In another announcement on the 16th, the Guangzhou team announced the termination of the contract with the five naturalized players Luo Guofu, Goulart, Fernando, Alan and Exon.
For this salary cut, the official reason given by the Guangzhou team is to “develop youth training and keep Evergrande Football School”.
year 2010,Guangzhou HengdaThe team (now Guangzhou team) set off a golden yuan football storm in Chinese football. According to “Sina News”, after being promoted to the Chinese Super League in 2011, Guangzhou Evergrande’s single-game winning bonus in the Chinese Super League was 5 million yuan; There are 3 million yuan.
In 2017, the main players of Guangzhou Evergrande Team earned more than 15 million yuan after tax, and the core players earned more than 20 million yuan. In 2018, the team introduced Brazilian foreign aid Paulinho, whose annual salary reached a record 110 million yuan.
Behind the sky-high annual salary is the huge loss of the club. According to the “Red Star News” report, from 2015 to 2019, Guangzhou Evergrande lost 952 million yuan, 812 million yuan, 986 million yuan, 1.829 billion yuan and 1.94 billion yuan respectively. In addition to the loss of more than 1 billion yuan before the listing, the club lost more than 7.6 billion yuan in seven years.
Today, the economic crisis of Evergrande Group extends to its football clubs, and the team can no longer support such huge losses.
Regarding the sharp salary cut, a Guangzhou team player told the Football News, “Ten years ago, they defeated (South Korea) Jeonbuk Hyundai (team) in the AFC Champions League. The main force is only 600,000 a year, so what is the diving price?”
Another main player said, “The result of this salary standard is that the main players will terminate their contracts like several naturalized players and seek transfers.”
Responsible editor: Wu Hao#