Struggling Chinese side Hebei FC thank fans amid uncertain CSL future
- ‘Your existence is the greatest significance of our persistence,’ club tells supporters in Weibo post
- No guarantees that Guangzhou FC and Langfang-based side will be back when Chinese Super League returns to action
Struggling Chinese Super League side Hebei FC, formerly one of the country’s biggest-spending teams, have thanked fans for their support in an article titled “A Letter to the Fans of Hebei Team” published on the club’s official Weibo on Monday.
“Thank you to all the fans of the Hebei Football Club for their encouragement, support, and perseverance. Every move, every word of concern and more silently supporting every family member behind us without a voice, we have received your true feelings. Your existence is the greatest significance of our persistence,” the club wrote on its Weibo.
The former club of Javier Mascherano and Ezequiel Lavezzi suspended four youth teams in October amid reports that it could not pay the electricity bills at its training base, while the first team of the China Fortune Land Development-owned club have been on holiday for almost a month.
Hebei FC’s post showed a number of messages received from football fans, introducing them with the message: “It is said that we see people‘s hearts in times of adversity, but we have seen countless true feelings in times of adversity.”
The post began with a poem –“A city, a group of people, for a red faith, unswervingly until death!” – and after thanking the fans the club then listed where the support came from.
