Crazy Chinese Super League – Four teams competing for supremacy, all striving to win

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The last edit to this post was made by badfinger on 2015-7-30 at 08:50. The second transfer window in the Chinese Super League closed at 24:00 yesterday. According to data from the German website Transfermarkt, as of 5:00 p.m. yesterday, the total amount spent on transfers in the Chinese Super League this summer (excluding annual salaries) was 55.72 million euros, which is approximately 380 million yuan. This amount not only set a record for the second transfer window in the Chinese Super League, but it was also double compared to last year. Shenhua signed former Chelsea striker Demba Ba, Shanghai SIPG brought in Ghana’s national team captain Gyan, and Evergrande acquired Brazilian international Robinho… This summer, the Chinese Super League witnessed its most \"crazy\" transfer window in history, and the key reason for this is the tight competition for the championship title. Contrastingly to the situation in previous seasons when Evergrande was far ahead of the rest, this year the group competing for the championship has expanded to four teams, giving each team more ambitions. In China’s 20-year history of professional football leagues, there has been hardly any \"miracle\" like this season: by more than two-thirds of the league season, the group competing for the championship still consisted of so many teams, with intense competition among them. Before this round of matches, Guoan, Shanghai SIPG, Evergrande, and Luneng had 39, 38, 37, and 36 points respectively, with a difference of only 1 point between them. The upcoming matches are highly anticipated, especially the head-to-head clash between Shanghai SIPG and Beijing Guoan on July 20th, which is particularly eye-catching. It is hoped that Chinese football will make significant progress through such competition – what a blessing for fans!