After the second half of the Chinese Super League started, the situation of championship and relegation has changed a lot. Wuhan Three Towns , which has been leading the league standings in the first half of the league, has recently suffered two consecutive defeats, and the opponents are not very strong, which has forced fans to start limiting salary. There is indeed a big problem within the Three Towns club.
The biggest beneficiary of the Wuhan Three Towns team's recent losing streak is undoubtedly the Shandong Taishan team. Originally, Taishan team had been opened up by 7 points from the three towns of Wuhan, but after just two rounds of the league, they will be close to the former again. If they can beat Guangzhou team in the next round, they can reduce the point difference with the three towns of Wuhan to 1 point.
However, the Taishan Club has not been peaceful recently. Recently, many media have announced that Taishan Club’s new parent company, Cultural Tourism Group, has frozen 62.5 million yuan in equity due to debt issues. The sudden emergence of such a crisis in the club will undoubtedly cast a shadow on the Taishan team's championship this season.
According to reports, since it officially took over the Shandong Taishan team in January last year, the Cultural Tourism Group has not injected a penny of funds into the Taishan club. All the club has spent is the operating funds left by Luneng Electric Power when it exited.
Due to well-known reasons, the tourism industry in various provinces and cities in China has been very sluggish in the past two years. Naturally, cultural tourism groups cannot make much profit, and losses are definitely inevitable. Therefore, it is completely understandable that Cultural Tourism has not injected capital into the club as promised when it took over the club.
However, although the operating costs of various Chinese Super League clubs have dropped significantly after the Jinyuan Football bubble burst completely, clubs with the ability to compete for the championship like Taishan still have very high expenses in all aspects. Especially last season, the Taishan team once again won the double championship of the Chinese Super League. At that time, the club also issued a lot of winning and championship awards, which made the already poor operating funds even more stretched.
Therefore, the Taishan team's signings in the new season are obviously much smaller than last year. In addition to introducing Brazilian striker Cresan and buying out Judsson's contract, they only signed former Guangzhou team midfielder Liao Lisheng to fill the vacancy after the departure of Xu Xin.
After Judson strained his thigh muscle in the first stage of the league, he only played 20 minutes in the match between Taishan and Wuhan Sanzhen Team in the second stage of the league. After that, he was exempted from the game again. Liao Lisheng's performance in the league simply could not meet the expectations of the Taishan team's coaching staff, and he failed to become a real replacement for Xu Xin.
Therefore, the Taishan team's performance in the first stage of the league was also stumbling, and they have been unable to catch up with the Wuhan Three Towns who lead the league standings. Fortunately, the three towns in Wuhan have made consecutive mistakes recently, which gives the Taishan team hope to defend the Chinese Super League championship this season.
Under such circumstances, the stability within the club becomes even more important for the Taishan team to successfully defend the title. After a large number of Taishan Club shares of the Cultural Tourism Group were frozen, news recently spread that the Cultural Tourism Group will withdraw from the club next season and a new local Shandong company will take over the Taishan Club.
Judging from the actual situation in Shandong, there are not many companies that are strong enough to accept Taishan Club. In addition to Luneng Group , there are only large state-owned enterprises such as Shandong Expressway . No matter which company becomes the new helmsman of Taishan Club in the future, as long as they continue to invest steadily in the club and focus on Shandong football, Shandong fans will definitely support them as always, right?
