In the AFC Champions League this season, Tianjin Wei was assigned to Group G.
In the same group are Suwon Samsung of the K-League, Urawa Red Diamonds of the J-League, and Brisbane Roar of the Australian Super League.
They are all pretty good, but of course they are not the top teams in their respective leagues.
However, Tianjin Wei's lineup has changed drastically and may not be as invincible as last year.
Now we are getting closer and closer to registering for the AFC Champions League, but there is still no movement from Tianjin Wei.
There have been a lot of rumors recently. Sometimes it is said that a certain Bundesliga star is about to join Tianjin Football Club, and sometimes it is said that a Brazilian star is about to join.
Now more and more people are speculating whether the Tianjin Health Association will have an all-Chinese class.
But some people rejected this idea, because in their view, even if Tianjin Wei really wanted to have an all-China class, they must at least retain their previous main players.
Otherwise, even if Tianjin Wei’s all-China team is in the Super League, there is a high probability that there will be no competition.
But at this time, Tianjin Wei announced the AFC Champions League roster.
Everyone suddenly discovered that there was no foreign aid in the squad.
And there are fewer familiar faces, but more new faces.
Even though Tianjin Wei has strong blood-forming ability, facing such a situation, not many people still think that Tianjin Wei can perform well this season.
Some media even believe that Tianjin Wei may have given up on the AFC Champions League and will focus all their energy on the Chinese Super League.
But this is completely unreasonable. You must know that Tianjin Wei won the AFC Champions League and the Chinese Super League last season.
Later, rumors spread that Tianjin Health was in financial crisis.
That's why they only sell people but don't recruit players. Tianjin Wei has completely become a money-making tool for the group behind it.
In this public opinion environment, the first game of the AFC Champions League began.
On February 25th, Tianjin Wei challenged Brisbane Roar away.
This is also the first AFC Champions League group match this season. Although there are many changes in personnel, there are still many fans paying attention to this game.
But Tianjin Wei let them down and eventually lost to their opponents 0-1.
You must know that last year, Tianjin Wei met the Australian Super League team and suffered a bloodbath.
Just one year later, things have completely changed.
As a result, more and more people began to look down on Tianjin Wei's new season.
What made Tianjin Wei fans the most angry was the press conference after the game.
A reporter mentioned the issue of Tianjin Wei’s foreign aid, and Xue Yang finally answered the question head-on.
Also on this day, Xue Yang officially announced that Tianjin Wei will prepare for the new season with an all-China class.
With this answer from Xue Yang, all the Chinese Super League teams were shocked.
In the past two years, Tianjin Wei gave all the Chinese Super League teams a headache, but suddenly Tianjin Wei turned into this.
Could it be that the performance in the Chinese Super League in the past two years made Tianjin Wei lose their mind?
This not only caused a sensation in the country, but also in foreign media.
Korean media specifically reported on the current situation of Tianjin Wei, and even described Tianjin Wei as "ignorant".
"Former Chinese Super League champion Tianjin Wei announced that they will face the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League with an all-Chinese class in the new season. However, they paid the price in the game against Brisbane Roar and ultimately lost the first game of the AFC Champions League. What is the ignorance?
Or arrogant?”
The Chinese Super League transfer window ended in such an environment, and Tianjin Wei really did not introduce any foreign players.
The recent external public opinion has surprised Xue Yang. He thought that although the All-China Class would be controversial, there would still be support.
But the fact is that everyone is criticizing Tianjin Wei and everyone is looking down on Tianjin Wei.
Of course, part of the reason is that Tianjin Wei is not only an all-China class, but also rented all the main players from last season.
If they hadn't been rented out, Tianjin Wei Quanhua Class would definitely have done something wrong.
With Shi Li in the midfield and Qin Zhen and Zhou Zheng in the forward line, he is definitely not bad even if he is in the All-China class.
But it's different now. Most of Tianjin Wei's first team are unfamiliar new players.
How could this fan have confidence, and Xue Yang knew very well that the current situation was still dealt with the old way, that is, results mean everything.
When Tianjin Wei showed good results, these voices became quiet.
In this transfer window, Tianjin Wei has gained enough attention.
However, this transfer window is quite lively, with many teams making signings.
For example, Guangzhou Evergrande exempted Club Brugge’s Wang Shangyuan from signing a visa.
20 million was used to introduce Zhang Jiaqi, who had played in Ligue 2, and 20 million was used to introduce defender Zou Zheng.
In terms of foreign aid, Goulart was introduced for 15 million euros, and forward Alan was introduced for 11 million euros.
This player needs no introduction, he is a very capable foreign player.
At present, it seems that Guangzhou Evergrande is okay in terms of local players, but it is very profitable in terms of foreign players.
It can be seen that Shanghai SIPG's ambitions are getting bigger and bigger, and this transfer window is also quite lively.
They brought in Konka, the former Evergrande player, and Evra for 2.5 million euros.
In terms of foreign players, the signings are okay, and there is no shortage of money for local players.
20 million to bring in defender Shi Ke, 40 million to bring in Yu Hai.
Jingcheng Guoan has been relatively quiet. They have made signings but they are relatively mediocre.
But we also introduced strong players like Yu Dabao, and also introduced Li Lei for 4.5 million.
This transfer is really a worthwhile signing in the current era of inflated prices for local players.
Shandong Luneng was even quieter and introduced a player, but this player is very powerful.
He is Tardelli, and his transfer fee reached 5.5 million euros.
Shanghai Shenhua spent a lot of money this time, with five signings worth more than 10 million.
They are Li Jianbin, Deng Zhuoxiang, Geng Xiaofeng, Lu Zheng and Zhang Lu. There are indeed no very strong players.
In terms of foreign aid, 3 million euros were spent to introduce Su Zu, who is also a good foreign aid.
As for other teams, they spent less money. Among them, newly promoted SJZ Yongchang basically didn't spend much money.
They are basically free transfers or loans, and the only signings that cost money are foreign aids.
Longdong joined SJZ Yongchang for 800,000 euros. This Longdong is certainly not from Dalian.
It can be seen from the signings that SJZ Yongchang's finances may not be so ideal.
With the exception of SJZ Yongchang, many Chinese Super League teams have not spent much money on local players.
Maybe it's also because local players are indeed a bit expensive now, and the money spent on local players can be used to buy foreign players.
For example, Shanghai Shenhua's transfer fee for local players is as high as 70 million.
This can completely buy a good foreign player, and the player's strength is not that top-notch.
Now if you want to buy top local players, just look at Tianjin Wei. Of course, Tianjin Wei's players are also expensive.
In fact, this transfer window is quite lively, but because of Tianjin Wei's all-China class, more people's attention is on Tianjin Wei.
Everyone seemed to see that Tianjin Wei began to become mediocre and no longer as dominant as before.
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