Following the Suzhou meeting on the 19th of this month, the Chinese Football Association will hold a Super League club working meeting in Suzhou on the 25th. It is understood that this meeting is more pragmatic than the meeting last week. Judging from the invitation of the main leaders of the Chinese Football Association, relevant department heads and investor representatives of the Chinese Super League, the specifications of this meeting are also higher. This is because the closely watched "professional league players further limit salary" rules are likely to be officially announced at this meeting, and the object of the salary limit is not only the Super League players. On the afternoon of the 24th and 25th, the Chinese Football Association will also organize investor meetings for the Chinese League A and the Chinese League B respectively. The momentum of "increasing the salary limit" for the three-level professional league players is irreversible.
Last Thursday (19th), the Chinese Football Association once organized a conference on professional league work in Suzhou. Participants are the senior officials of the Chinese Football Association, the heads of relevant departments of the professional league, and some representatives of the professional league preparatory group. At the meeting, the delegates had an in-depth discussion on the new season's Super League system, schedule and other matters, and basically determined that the 2021 Super League will most likely follow this season's competition system. However, given that the start time is likely to be earlier than this year, the Chinese Super League plan for the new season is scheduled to be carried out in 3 or more cycles. In order to ensure fair and equitable competition, in principle, the Super League will play a full 30 rounds of double-loop matches in the new season. Of course, the prerequisite is that the various competition conditions meet the requirements and regulations of epidemic prevention work.
In fact, at the meeting last week, "salary limit" was not the main topic. But because this matter involves the interests of all parties, the Chinese Football Association must ensure that the plan is implemented by mid-December at the latest, so that all clubs and all relevant stakeholders, including players, can calmly deal with the changes in the rules.
In fact, the momentum of further salary restrictions for domestic professional league players is irreversible. Both the Chinese Football Association and the clubs have already been mentally prepared. In October of this year, Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, has given clubs a "reminder" on related issues in the Dalian Division. From the actual situation, the clubs generally support this plan. There are several reasons for this: First of all, domestic occupations, especially the Chinese Super League, have long been overwhelmed after they wielded the "Golden Yuan Big Stick" to participate in the arms race involving the introduction of personnel. Various degrees of wage arrears have long been a common phenomenon in a considerable number of domestic professional clubs. Second, due to the epidemic, various domestic industries, including the professional football industry, have been severely impacted. All of this has also caused investors to miserable; another point I have to mention that the fact that the domestic professional football has been raging in the past many years (Hengda has been involved in the AFC Champions twice in 3 years) has not changed the overall level of Chinese football and the fact that the competitiveness of international football is low. Players' worth is seriously deviated from their labor value. The domestic player transfer market also needs to be regulated to straighten out practical problems such as "irrational investment" and optimize the market and competitive environment for domestic professional leagues.
reported that the topic of the meeting on the 25th was "discussing major issues concerning the development of professional leagues", and according to the inferences of all parties, the launch of the "enhanced salary limit order" will be one of the major issues. So, how to determine the final salary limit? This is what all parties, especially professional players, are most concerned about. The current rules show that the maximum salary for local players in the Super League is 10 million yuan (before tax), and the maximum salary for foreign aid is 3 million euros (after tax). According to the information exposed by some media, the new maximum annual salary standard for Chinese Super League players will face "cutting". The specific amount is "5 million yuan (pre-tax) for domestic players and 3 million euros (pre-tax) for foreign aid."
As for the overall investment of the club, various "limit caps" will coexist with players' "salary caps". According to the resolution formed at the Shanghai meeting on December 25, 2018, the total annual expenditure of each Super League club in 2021 is 900 million yuan, and the corresponding investor's capital injection limit is 300 million yuan. However, news shows that the relevant amount is also facing a corresponding reduction. As for the further salary limits for players in the Chinese League and Chinese League B, they will also be implemented simultaneously.
It is worth noting that the introduction and enforcement of the rules will be carried out under the legal framework from beginning to end. In other words, the new rules are likely to point to new contracts signed by players.
Text/Beijing Youth Sports Xiao Z2z
