“As a matter of fact, a CSL club was about to complete the signing of a foreign player for a stunning transfer fee of €120m, if it were not for the new restrictions. The CFA were warned that the football market would be utterly ruined if the shopping spree goes on.Man Utd & Lyon agree £15m Memphis deal “And it’s worthing mentioning that even some state-owned enterprises are burning money without any restraints, which sets a really bad example.
“For all the negatives though, new regulations are the only and the most effective treatment to cure the illness of abnormal investment.” Carlos Tevez, Oscar and Axel Witsel are among the string of high-profile transfers to the CSL in the last month from clubs and leagues considered more prestigious. Tianjin Quanjian recently claimed that the new restrictions forced them to back out of deals for Chelsea’s Diego Costa, PSG’s Edinson Cavani, Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema and Monaco’s Radamel Falcao.
