Chinanews Client Beijing, February 29th (Wang Sishuo) Entering the last day of February, the 2020 Super League Winter Window transfer closed as scheduled, with a total investment of about 30 million Euros, which is the least amount of Winter Window investment in 2012 so far. Chinese football, which has long been accustomed to "Golden Yuan football", suddenly converges and starts to "play small games." Although there will be a three-week domestic transfer window before the start of the new season, it is unlikely that the tone of the winter window will be completely subverted. At least in terms of foreign aid options, each team will not have any action.

Brazilian player Ricardo Lopez joined Shanghai Shanggang from Jeonbuk Hyundai. Image source: Shanghai Club Official Micro

According to statistics from the football data website "Transfer Market", Shanghai Shanggang New Aid Lopez has become the target of this winter window with 5.46 million euros. Affected by the Chinese Football Association's salary limit order, the annual salary of the newly signed foreign aid of the Super League this year must not exceed 3 million euros after tax. The effect of the New Deal was immediate, and it also allowed the big-ball clubs of previous years to change the way of recruiting. At the same time, the acquisition of foreign aid by "civilianization" does not prove that the Super League ’s competitiveness will decrease sharply next season. On the contrary, the pursuit of cost-effectiveness will allow the Super League, which has been "burning money", to cool down all year round.

Whistling "crazy"

This winter, Chinese football is hard to boil. Not only did 9 professional clubs fail to submit payrolls as scheduled, they were destined to miss the league next season. Under the influence of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the New Deal, the transfer market that should have entered the active period was also calm. The Super League Winter Window this year began on January 1 and ended at 24:00 on February 28. At the node with only one week to the deadline, the officially announced transfer transactions have dropped significantly compared to the same period, and the foreign aid transaction record is only 8. Bland, become the main theme of this winter window.

Data Map: On November 20, 2019, the China League One Awards Ceremony ended in Beijing. The picture shows the Qingdao Huanghai team holding the league championship trophy at the awards ceremony. Photo by Li Jun, reporter of Chinanews.com

However, before the "final whistle" of the winter window blew on the tranquil lake, waves appeared. The previously promoted horse, Qingdao Huanghai, staged a "final carnival" on the evening of the 28th, and announced 8 new aid to join. Among them, domestic players Zhou Junchen, Wang Wei, Wang Hao, Liu Zhenli, Zou Zheng. The first two were joined by Shenhua on loan, while Zou Zheng was on loan from R & F, and the remaining two were officially transferred. In terms of foreign aid, they signed Alessandrini, Minara and Vukovic, and also renewed Clio, and the lineup was instantly enriched.

The top spot in Winter Window's "Burning Money List" is the Dalian man who announced his name change this offseason. The transfer fee of 16.91 million euros means that they have exceeded the total transfer fees of the remaining 15 teams. As of the deadline, the Dalian men's whistle official announced four new aids, Lin Liangming and Tao Qianglong were leaders in the Chinese younger generation. Two Swedish internationals Rasson and Danielson helped the team fill the five foreign aid quotas.

Another lively team was Hebei Huaxia Happiness, which was announced at the latest. The Dutch defender Memisevic was recruited by his team at the last minute. Within one day, the Super League official announced the transfer to double, adding a long-lost fire to the quiet Super League transfer period.

Data Map: After the troubled operation of the Tianjin Tianhai Team (red) in the winter window period, many main players left the team, currently there are only two foreign aids. The picture shows the Tianhai players competing for the top in the game. Photo

"Civilization" of foreign aid

For the time being, the Chinese Super League winter window, 6 teams maintain the original foreign aid configuration, and the other 10 teams did not have a well-known battle for the fans, this year, everyone has tacitly chose "consumption downgrade." Shanghai Port's new aid to Lopez's 5.46 million euro transfer fee is enough to become the king of the winter window, and this number, compared with his new teammates, is not enough to mention.

In fact, the transfer fee of the Super League window bid king has exceeded 40 million euros for four consecutive years. Guizhou is the most valuable new aid of the Chinese Super League in 2017. Oscar maintained the record of the Chinese Super League Winter Window. After the Football Association used a new policy to set a red line for foreign aid salaries, it now seems that the value of 60 million is beyond reach.

Data Map: Shanghai International Aid Oscar (left) makes a breakthrough with the ball. Photo by Shen Hai

Lopez, who joined Shanghai with a hat of "civilian foreign aid", is more like the epitome of the 16 foreign aid recruits who first arrived in the Chinese Super League this year. Compared with the "predecessors" with a large number of contracts in hand, they are not dominant regardless of their value or salary. Although the match between the arena and the salary is often a combination of fame and strength, this batch of fresh blood can also find a lot of highlights on the resume.

Lopez, who was transferred from Jeonbuk Hyundai, has been in the AFC for many years. The Chinese team has also suffered from him, and his strength cannot be underestimated. Memisevic, who was selected by China, played 80 games in the Netherlands. Experience, as the central defender scored 5 goals last season, it is worthy of the name of "guard with a knife"; Huang Hai's new 23-year-old Minara debuted in Serie A giant Lazio; Yongchang signed the Oscar, which was last season The winner of the gold medal in the middle class is a good hand in charge ... So, the price is definitely not the reason for the outside world to despise them.

Tao Qianglong officially joined Dalian on the 28th. Image source: Dalian People's Club official micro

Young people robbing

As of the deadline, the Dalian people robbed Lin Liangming and Tao Qianglong, causing a lot of sensation. Counting the Wu Wei and Tong Lei who got them before, all the 4 internal players they recruited during the winter break were U23 age-appropriate players. Data show that this year, there were four transactions in the Super League ’s winter window with assistance transfer fees reaching 20 million yuan, including Tao Qianglong, Wu Wei, Yu Rui and Yang Fan. Among them, the first two are U23 age players, "National Youth Light" Tao Qianglong is only 19 years old, there is huge room for development, and Guoan signed guard Yang Fan is not yet 24 years old.

At the beginning of the year, although the National Olympics team broke the preliminary round and handed over the transcript without surprise, the performance of individual players still showed their ability through the competition stage, and also took the opportunity to enter the winter window of the focus inspection and discussion of each team Range. The Super League has 38 domestic players and U23 teenagers occupy 12 of them. Almost all of them have been selected for the National Olympics and National Youth Team, including Hu Jinghang, Tong Lei, Zhou Junchen, Liu Ruofan, and Chen Pu. For them, this valuable experience also gave them a better future.

Chinese Football Association website message screenshot

A week ago, the Chinese Football Association issued an announcement saying that the cut-off time of the winter transfer window cannot be adjusted this year, but a domestic transfer window of no less than 3 weeks will be added before the start of the professional league this season. At this stage, it has been regarded as the last chance for each team to check for gaps before the season arrives. An "overtime game" is still waiting for 16 teams. However, given that the adjustments of most of these teams are relatively saturated, there is not much room for the remaining teams to operate, and "Taobao" may be an option from low-level leagues such as China A.

Regardless of how the Super League ’s winter window "overtime" develops, it is basically impossible to change the fact that this year's transfer period is dull. Lost the "golden yuan" thinking of relying on smashing money to exchange results, the Chinese Super League rarely spent a "big and big" winter. In the era of low investment, it is the vision of each team to select players. As for how effective it is, we need to use the game to test the new season. At least, we have another suspense in the unknown process waiting for the start of the season. (Finish)