The case of Li Tie, the former manager of the national soccer team, continues to heat up.
Shockingly, the Chinese men's soccer team has caused numerous ripples even though they have not set foot in the World Cup.
The latest developments reveal that Li Tie has been investigated, involving three players, as revealed by numerous soccer media members. Former international footballer Zhang Lu has been taken away, and Li Tie is also involved in the alleged match-fixing at Wuhan Tianhai in the 2019 Chinese Super League relegation battle.
Soccer commentator Li Pingkang revealed that after Zhang Lu's arrest, two other well-known players were also controlled by the police. One of them is Li Tie's hometown, Shenyang, Zhang Lu was once a teammate of Quanjian, and later transferred to Shenzhen. The other was a player selected by Li Tie when he coached the national team. In a match, a controversy arose over grabbing too much of the ball!
Reporter He Xiaolong added: "The arrested players are suspected of receiving black money to participate in match-fixing, not bribery. Li Tie and Zhang Lu had been known for their high emotional intelligence, and there are fears of more similar cases in the future."
Zhang Lu (张璐), born September 6, 1987 in Tianjin, China, is a Chinese soccer player and goalkeeper who has played for Tianjin Locomotive and Liaoning Hongyun, and now plays for Shenzhen Football Club.
Zhang Lu made his debut for Liaoning in 2005, attracting attention at the young age of 18. He has since been named to the national team roster, becoming one of the youngest goalkeepers in the history of the Chinese national team.
On March 4, 2010, Zhang Lu made her debut in the match between the Chinese national team and the Portuguese national team, and with her outstanding performance, she became famous, and was praised by all the major media.
On January 12, 2016, Liaozhu announced the transfer of goalkeeper Zhang Lu to Tianjin Quanjian for a transfer fee of 70 million yuan, a new record transfer fee in the Chinese Super League. He made 127 appearances in four seasons of the Chinese Super League.
Li Tie, a legendary Chinese soccer player, was born on May 18, 1977 in Shenyang, Liaoning. When he was young, he was selected for the Jianlibao team and went to Brazil for further study. As the center of the midfield, he helped the national football team to enter the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. After the World Cup, he joined Everton in the English Premier League.
In 2002, Li Tie published his autobiography Iron in the burning: Li Tie is how to refine, the book has a "magical coach" Milo's evaluation - "Li Tie is God's gift to the Chinese soccer".
In 2012, Li Tie was invited to join Guangzhou Evergrande as a fitness coach. As a head coach, he led Hebei Huaxia Happiness and Wuhan Zhuoer to breakthrough.
On November 14, 2019, the Chinese men's soccer team lost to Syria in the Asian 40 of the World Cup qualifiers, with little hope of advancing. After the match, then-coach Lippi resigned. Li Tie, Wang Baoshan and Li Xiaopeng competed for the job and eventually won.
On January 2, 2020, Li Tie officially took over as the head coach of the national football team, leading the team to break through the Top 40 of the Asian Qualifiers and enter the Top 12.
On August 22, 2021, the CFA announced that it had signed Li Tie to a five-year contract.
In December 2021, Li Tie made a quick exit from the World Qualifiers due to the improper use of naturalized players. He was forced to resign after posting advertisements for his personal sponsors on social media.
On November 26, 2022, the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced on its website that Li Tie, the former head coach of the national football team, was suspected of having committed a serious violation of the law and was under investigation.
Li Tie's investigation is reportedly related to his improper behavior while coaching Wuhan Zall.
Wuhan Zall Football Club (now renamed Wuhan Yangtze River Football Club) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zall Holdings Limited, which is one of the top 100 private enterprises in Hubei Province and ranked No. 1 in 2021 with a total revenue of 128.037 billion yuan.
On Nov. 23, the CFA issued a notice that some professional soccer clubs had failed to enforce repayment, and eight clubs, including Wuhan Changjiang, were deducted six points for the 2022 season.
The judgment shows that: on July 26, 2019, Shaanxi Comande Sports Company signed a Chinese player agent contract with Wuhan Zhuoer, agreeing that Li Wei would join Wuhan Zhuoer in the summer of 2019 by renting Chen Yuhao from Zhejiang Yiteng Football Club, and that Zhuoer would pay an agent's fee of RMB 500,000 yuan.On July 31, 2019, the plaintiff added Chen Yuhao to Zhuoer in accordance with the contract.
The court held that Wuhan Yangtze River Football Club's failure to pay the remuneration constituted a breach of contract and that it should bear the breach of contract liability for continued performance.
Ltd. is a cultural and artistic brokerage agency for sports intermediary services, event planning, and sports brokerage services. According to soccer industry media reports, Li Tie has a close relationship with Comande's agency.
It is worth mentioning that Li Tie is not only a soccer coach, but also invests in several sports clubs.
Enterprise search shows that Li Tie is related to nine enterprises, mostly related to sports, such as Guangzhou Shibert Sports Development Company Limited, Shenyang Li Tie Football Club Company Limited and Guangzhou Shibert Environmental Technology Company Limited.
Insiders said that in 2018 and 2019 Li Tie coaching in Wuhan team, annual salary of 12 million yuan. 2020 turned to "behind the scenes", the annual salary rose to 30 million yuan.
In addition to this full-time annual salary, Li Tie has endorsement income. On Weibo, brands such as Li Ning, Jianlibao and Rainforest Ancient Tree Tea have partnerships with him.
Why does Li Tie earn unclean money when he earns $30 million a year? Some people have commented that it is not only because of greed, but also because there is no regulation. Banks are stacked with cash in their nightly business halls, with the door open and a sign outside saying, "No one is on duty, monitoring is not good, please be conscious." How is this different from encouraging others to commit crimes?
