2023-06-19 08:09:12
UEFA President: Saudi Arabia repeats the mistakes of the Chinese Super League
[Now Sports]In response to Saudi Arabia’s sky-high price competition for star transfer operations, UEFA President Shi Feilian criticized, bluntly saying that it is repeating the mistakes of the Chinese Super League. Cristiano Ronaldo and Binsma went to the Saudi Arabian League successively. I believe that there will be many stars in Europe who will be tempted by the country’s money and pass the ranks. “I think this is the wrong direction for Saudi football,” Aleksander Ceferin told Dutch broadcaster NOS.
The president of the European Football Association (UEFA) then used the Chinese Super League as a metaphor: “Why do I think it is a problem? Because they should invest in football schools, hire some good coaches to train their players, and keep buying some players whose careers are coming to an end. Not the system in which football develops. China does it too, so similar mistakes will be repeated.”
The Chinese Super League also launched a silver bullet offensive about 10 years ago, inviting stars such as Tevez and Oscar, but many clubs gradually exploded financially, ended in bankruptcy, and many foreign players also scattered. Shifelian hopes that Saudi football can learn from it: “Tell me, who is now in the golden age or developing players, who will go to Saudi Arabia to play? So money is not everything, players want to stay in the top European leagues, and those professional Players near the end of their careers go somewhere to make some money and maybe come back later.”
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