Last weekend, the Chinese Football Association held the 11th Second General Assembly in Chengdu. Among them, guangzhou daily revealed some key information in the conference, including new issues such as the reform of various teams and stocks. It is reported that the Football Association has put forward several prospects for the 2022 season, the first is to further implement the salary limit policy of each team, and the annual investment limit of the first team is within 300 million. At present, the investment cap of the Chinese Super League teams is up to 600 million, but in the case of many teams that have wage arrears, these so-called investment amounts have become empty words, first sort out the old accounts.
Secondly, the new season will strive to restore home and away, but whether or not to open up fans to the field is up to the local government. In fact, it is not the first time we have heard rumors about the resumption of home and away games, and this time will not be the last, but I hope that the Fayu Association will come up with specific measures, rather than empty slogans.
The third issue is what the players are most concerned about, when the stock reform is completed, the new club will have to re-sign contracts with all players. It means that the international footballers who still have tens of millions of annual salaries in the past two years will completely lose this treatment, if calculated by the investment cap of 300 million, it may be difficult for the international footballers to even get the current 5 million maximum salary.
Finally, the Football Association hopes to reduce the pressure on the youth training echelon, and in the future, clubs only need to have U17 and U19 echelons to obtain league access qualifications, and other age groups will be sent to campus football and other fields to form, reducing the operational pressure of professional clubs.
Combining the above points of the FA's ideas, its starting point is definitely good, in order to stimulate the ball market and reduce the burden of the club, but the investment cap of 300 million is a bit fierce, after all, two years ago we just introduced the investment cap of 600 million, and then slowly began to escape the tide of big-name foreign aid, and now have to cut half, it seems that Oscar and Fellaini and other remaining big-name foreign aid, in the Chinese Super League time is running out.
However, for the Guangzhou team that is about to be reformed, it may be a good thing, after all, basically all teams will face a reshuffle, as long as we keep most of the existing main forces, with a few cost-effective foreign aid, at least we can maintain the championship.
In addition, after the release of the FA Cup, the qualification ranking of the AFC Champions League for the new season was also officially determined. In the 2022 season, the Chinese Super League still has 3+1 qualifications, of which Taishan, Haigang, and Guangzhou, the third runner-up team, will be directly shortlisted for the group stage, and Yatai, who is fourth in the league, will participate in the play-offs. The AFC Champions League draw will take place on 17 January, when the 16 East Asian teams that have advanced to the main tournament will be divided into four tiers for the draw.
Since the East Asian leagues have ended, the current teams of all grades have been determined. Among them, there are 5 teams in the first gear, namely Taishan, Harbor, Kawasaki Forwards, Jeonbuk Hyundai and Thai Super League champion Baton United, and the champions and runners-up of the Chinese Super League continue to occupy the first gear. The second team is Guangzhou, Jeonnam Tenryu, Urawa, Yokohama Mariners and Chiang Rai United. The third bracket includes Hong Kong Super League's Jai Chi, Philippine United, Malaysia's Johor, Vietnam's Hoang Ying Ka Lai and Singapore's Lion City. The final slot was Melbourne Victory in the Australian Premier League, with four other teams advancing from the play-offs.
If it is according to the practice of previous years, when the AFC Champions League group draw is over, it means that the new season of the AFC Champions League competition is about to start, and many of the previous AFC Champions League group matches were held during the Spring Festival, with a full New Year atmosphere. But now under the influence of the epidemic, the new season of the AFC Champions League group stage is likely to start in March and April, and continue to follow the centralized format, considering that there is still a World Preliminary Tournament in March, when a number of Chinese Super League teams may still play in the highest level of competition in Asia with reserve teams.
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