Recently, Guangzhou (Evergrande) Football Club officially issued an announcement that the starting salary of first-team players is set at 60,000 yuan; the maximum salary standard is 600,000 yuan, which is a very large decline compared with previous years, and it is far lower than the current maximum salary standard of 5 million yuan before tax stipulated by the Chinese Football Association. And it is worth mentioning that the maximum salary of 600,000 yuan is not something that everyone in the first team can enjoy, but only three players can get such a salary.
In the face of such a cliff-like salary cut, the players of Guangzhou Evergrande also felt helpless. A Evergrande player said in an interview with domestic media: "10 years ago in the AFC Champions League game to defeat Jeonbuk Hyundai, the main players in a single game each received a bonus of 1 million yuan, and now the core main force is only 600,000 a year, this is not what the diving price is? ”
Ten years ago, Guangzhou Evergrande participated in the AFC Champions League for the first time, which was the peak of Evergrande's "golden dollar football" strategy, when the club could be described as a million dollars and generous shots. In that season's AFC Champions League, Evergrande hit South Korean league supremacy Jeonbuk Hyundai 5-1, which was undoubtedly a big deal for Chinese football, which was suffering from "Korean phobia" at that time. It can be seen that the senior management of Evergrande Club was also quite satisfied with the performance of the team that year, so it was possible to give each main player a heavy prize of up to 1 million yuan.
Roughly speaking, the total expenditure of Evergrande in the single game of that game alone is at least 12 million yuan. Compared with the current salary standard, it is not even a "waist chop", but directly below the neck of the foot. It is no wonder that there are players who express such emotions.
At the same time, the drastic salary cut also made the evergrande team's hearts move. A key player confirmed to the media that the result of such a salary standard is that the main player will terminate the contract like several naturalized players and seek a transfer. It seems that the disintegration of Evergrande's main lineup in the future is inevitable.