The days (turn) warmer with the spring approaching, for Chinese soccer it is still winter.
Had the season not been paused owing tonovel coronavirus outbreak, the spotlight would have been on the financial difficulties (face) by at least 16 Chinese (profession) clubs.Unlike other world-class clubs, few Chinese clubs make money from advertisers, broadcasting fees or other means.This is because investors focus (much) on quick returns by buying big-ticket players than training the youth.
Although the income of some Chinese players is world class-some top players are reluctant to play for European clubs fearing they might have to take a pay cut-there few other places they can go to, as (dozen) of foreign players have been naturalized to help the country catch up its neighbors.
The financial difficulties faced by the clubs should ring the alarm bells and warn managers and policymakers (brake) this "dollar soccer" trend.
