The transfer fee of 333.94 million euros, the votes of top brands such as Ramirez, "hot bird" and Lavezzi, the Super League showed its fierce side to the world overnight. Its popularity and irrationality make the once deserted European winter transfer window suddenly lively. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says China seems to have enough money to promote the whole European League.
Why did the Super League unexpectedly become the hottest league in winter? Zhou Jun, general manager of Shenhua Club, said: "The key to the final decision of player selection is money. If we want to introduce high-level players, we usually pay three times the price in the European market. "
The platform is not as good as Europe, so it is normal to spend more money. Everyone is spending money, and the movement of the whole league is naturally big. Even if many European clubs want to sell a player, they will deliberately say that the player has been taken away by the Super League team and ask the buyer for a high price in the way of "raising the price" by the Super League. "Everyone is talking about the Super League, which is a very good advertisement for our country. We need stars to promote development. " Zhou Jun said. This winter, Shenhua bought Guarin and Martins in foreign aid, which greatly enhanced the strength of the team.
Under the trend of money, many stars are also full of longing for the Super League. Ravich, who joined Huaxia this season, said that he could have signed for Inter Milan, Chelsea or Manchester United, but decided to go to China in the end. Of course, money is also one aspect. "Joining the Super League almost means that my national team career will end, but I still think I made the right decision."
Who's Ravich? Under 365, 438+0, an important player of Paris Saint-Germain and Argentina national team. In 2065, 438+02, from Naples to Paris, cost the French 30.8 million euros. Despite his poor performance in the past half season, there are still a large number of top European clubs who want to sign him.
In Ravich's view, joining the Super League and Argentina is completely out of reach, which was a common thing in the past. A top team in the world like Argentina is disdainful of recruiting players who play in the Super League. However, this view is now being changed. Brazilian coach Dunga, who had previously dismissed the Super League, changed his mouth in an interview and expressed his willingness to consider recruiting Brazilian international players who played in the Super League.
Actually, it's not Dunga's fault. By the end of this season, the number of "Brazilian active or former international players" owned by the Super League has reached 12. These players have played 174 games for Brazil and scored 42 goals. If Dunga deliberately ignores the effectiveness of these players in order to put on a high profile, it is stealing the column.
After such a busy winter, the Super League of the new season will start tomorrow. I hope that in the middle of the season, international football will continue to pay attention to the Super League because of high-quality football, otherwise Deng Jia, who stayed up all night watching football, would be busy.
Thinking behind the fiery heat
How long can it last?
Wenger said that this is how the Super League bought people, just like the J League 20 years ago. The rise of J League is not unrelated to the arrival of excellent foreign aid. Now, the J League is calm again.
Wenger asked a question: How long can the Super League be so hot? If the effect of luxury shopping this year is in line with expectations, then next year's Super League team is bound to be even crazier and buy top stars with bigger names; On the other hand, if the effect is lower than expected and teams like Suning, Shenhua and Huaxia do not perform well, then the purchasing power intensity of the Super League may fall back, and some little-known but practical South American "kids" will be chosen.
But what is certain is that even if purchasing power declines, it will never fall back to the state five or six years ago. At least the reputation of the super league has been played out.
Capital chain
As a club official analyzed, with the rise of the Super League, the number of places in the Super League will be more valuable. Everyone wants to stay in the Super League. Upstream teams compete for the championship and AFC Champions League, while downstream teams face greater relegation costs and pressures. No matter whether it is a rich team or a poor team, once there is a problem in the capital chain, events such as "unpaid wages" and "strike training" will emerge one after another.
Playing time of local players
In sharp contrast to Evergrande's dominance of Asia and the flourishing Super League, the performance of the national team is hovering at a low level. With the continuous introduction of big-name foreign aid by capital, the playing opportunities of domestic players, especially young players, will be greatly reduced. In the key positions of the Super League, such as striker, front waist, winger and central defender, foreign aid is basically the best in the world, and domestic players are greatly deficient in ability training and experience accumulation. On the other hand, the value of domestic players remains high. This year, a lot of foreign aid in China has exceeded 50 million yuan, and many of them have no national team appearance records.
Can youth training keep up?
Although the transfer market is booming, the youth training system as the foundation of the club is uneven. Judging from the admission materials provided by clubs this season, most clubs have problems such as imperfect echelon and insufficient training base. According to statistics, only three clubs, Changchun Yatai, Hangzhou Greentown and Meizhou Hakka, have their own property rights bases.
The two-level differentiation of the Super League is a bit serious.
In the 20 16 season, there may be serious polarization between the two big and the small in the Super League. With the upgrading of China, the transformation of Suning, and the reorganization of green space, the local tyrants group of Super League has become more and more huge. Together with the established Evergrande, Shanghai Port, Luneng and Guoan, as many as seven teams made a blockbuster in the previous trading market. In contrast, the movements of the other nine teams are much smaller. If there is no accident, the relegation team will be produced among these nine teams.
Seven local tyrants compete for the championship.
This winter, Jiangsu Suning ranked first in the Super League signing list. After winning the FA Cup last year, Jiangsu Shuntian officially completed the transfer and became Jiangsu Suning. With the arrival of Suning, the Jiangsu team also showed unprecedented vitality, with buyers spending 654.38 billion euros and net investment exceeding 90 million euros. The arrival of world-class Brazilian stars such as 50 million euros teixeira and 28 million euros Ramirez even made Suning surpass Guangzhou Evergrande in the limelight.
Similarly, the newly promoted Hebei Huaxia Happiness spent 72 million euros to buy people. Last season, all the foreign aid that helped the team to overtake was gone, and they were replaced by European big names like Kiel Wigneau, mbia and Lavezzi. Not only is it crazy to buy foreign aid, but Huaxia is also spending a lot of money on introducing domestic aid. The transfer fees of Jiang Ning, Jin and Dong Xuesheng all start from 40 million yuan. In addition, Shanghai Shenhua, as an old-fashioned powerhouse, has also changed its foreign aid. Five foreign AIDS have become three, leaving only Moreno and Dembaba. New arrivals Guarin, Martins and Kee hee Kim are also well-known players for fans.
In addition to these three "emerging" forces, the traditional giants Evergrande, Shanghai Port, Luneng and Guoan have also steadily strengthened this winter. Evergrande "sent" Elkson to Shanghai and then bought Martinez; Shanghai Port, which got the "God of Egypt", formed a trident; Luneng, who changed coaches, has taken on a new look; Foreign aid has changed for a period of national security, and its competitiveness is still very sufficient.
This year's championship competition is the most complicated year, and the seven giants all have the strength to compete for the championship. Whether Evergrande can break the monopoly of the Super League and create a new pattern this season depends on whether these teams can play stably and not fall behind.
The relegation legion is unprecedented in scale?
Except for the above seven local tyrants, the other nine clubs have little action, and Guangzhou R&F is the only team among the nine cloth teams with a buyer of 10 million euros. Under such an unbalanced situation, at least half of the teams are in danger of relegation.
R&F's season goal is consistent with their investment ranking, that is, to strive for the eighth place. Judging from Tianjin TEDA, the ninth largest buyer, the total investment of the buyers of the last eight teams is only 20.5 million euros, which is only about 1/5 of Suning's consumption, so the investment target of "low price" is naturally low-key.
Yanbian Fude, a new Chinese Super League soldier who was originally considered as the most unaffordable, spent 6.5 million euros to find someone, which is a very huge investment for Yanbian, which could not even get 2 million last year. According to informed sources, since the reorganization of Yanbian team in 2000, the team's investment has never been so "heroic", and the transfer expenditure of 6.5 million euros is more than the previous 15 years.
Although the transfer market has released the data of the Super League, there are still five teams whose transfer fees are less than 2 million euros. Shijiazhuang yongchang and Hangzhou Greentown only spent 500,000 euros to buy people, while Changchun Yatai's transfer expenditure is actually zero, and the transfer is mainly based on free agents whose contracts expire! Of course, it is not excluded that Yatai made other deals with his old club Genke when he bought Gauriau (French midfielder), but as far as the overall investment is concerned, Yatai can't spend more on foreign aid than Yanbian Fude, a team in the same province.
If everything goes according to the book strength, the teams most likely to avoid relegation this season are Liaoning Hongyun, chongqing lifan, shijiazhuang yongchang, Hangzhou Greentown and Changchun Yatai.
alternative
The fourth team made huge profits in winter.
R&F and Jianye are slightly better, while Liaozu and Greentown are more problematic.
In the Super League, burning money crazily does not necessarily bring victory. Similarly, selling cash does not mean that there will be a bad record. As long as we choose the right foreign aid and handle the relationship in the locker room, the small team can also achieve amazing results.
Judging from the current situation of foreign aid in the Super League in recent years, the style of the league has not changed much, and the "stars" introduced at high prices may not play better than the "suitable men" found at low prices. Henan Jianye invested little last season and finally won the fifth place in the league, which is a successful example of "small cost operation". Ivo with a value of $300,000 is not inferior to Galat with a value of150,000.
According to the data given by the transfer market, five teams in the Super League made profits in the winter window, among which the transfer profits of Liaozu, R&F, Jianye and Greentown all reached 6.5438+million euros. It seems that all four teams lost a lot of blood in winter, especially Guangzhou, which was still in the AFC Champions League last season, sold Jiang Ning, Liu Dianzuo, Jin and other players one after another. In theory, this will obviously weaken the strength of R&F, but in fact, all the players sold by R&F are substitutes in the array. With a bunch of substitutes cashing in 200 million cash, R&F's transfer business is really good. Through the income earned by selling people, R&F not only replaced the team's foreign aid, but also earned more than 1 100 million yuan in working capital. In all fairness, the overall strength of R&F has not dropped too much, and the team is likely to enter the top 8.
Similar to R&F, Jianye, Bi Jinhao and Li Zhichao all sold at good prices, and the club also took this opportunity to introduce McGovern and Sow who valued strength but not fame. As a player who is famous for his teamwork and resilience, losing two main players has little impact on Jianye as a whole.
The situation in Liaozu and Greentown is slightly different. Ding Jie, Ding Haifeng, Zhang Lu and Qin Sheng all suffered losses, but domestic foreign aid has not been effectively supplemented, and the overall strength of Liaozu will inevitably be greatly affected. From the management point of view, Liaozu is profitable 1 multi-billion, but I'm afraid I will worry about relegation in the new season. Similarly, Greentown, which has been taking the youth training route, has also sold a number of young players such as Wang Lin, Cao Xuan, Gu Chao and Xie Pengfei. The profit of the club is as high as 1 100 million yuan, but it will also work hard to avoid relegation.