On January 26, 2023, a piece of heavy news exploded on the official website of the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection - Li Tie, the former skipper of China's men's national soccer team, is undergoing a serious investigation at the national level on suspicion of major illegal acts. Li Tie is reportedly facing a joint investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the State General Administration of Sport, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the State Supervision Commission and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Commission.
According to multi-channel soccer circle insiders broke the news, Li Tie in the process of accepting the investigation, has one after another confessed three former Chinese men's football international players. Among them, Zhang Guomen and Zhang Lu have been taken away one after another to assist in the investigation. It is reported that Li Tie had instructed Zhang Lu to participate in match-fixing in the 2019 Chinese Super League relegation battle.
The identity of the other two mysterious players has not yet been disclosed, one of them is Li Tie's compatriot in Shenyang, had the same team with Zhang Lu, and then transferred to Shenzhen; the other is a side defender with international level.
Interestingly, Li Tie is not only known as a soccer coach, he is also involved in investment in the sports industry. Enterprise survey app data show that Li Tie's name has a total of nine enterprises associated with it, six of which are still in operation, involving areas such as sports. Li Tie holds shares of these six enterprises, and serves as executive director of Shenyang Li Tie Football Club Co., Ltd. and Liaoning Li Tie Sports and Culture Development Co., Ltd. and supervisor of Shenyang Tianyi Sports and Culture Consulting Service Co.
And just as the World Cup's top 32 are in the throes of a tense battle for goals, the Chinese men's soccer team has joined the battlefield without smoke. Despite the fact that the Chinese men's soccer team has been regressing every year, it doesn't seem to have affected the growth of some people's wealth.
