CFA gives green light to controversial deal; draws huge criticism
The embattled Chinese Football Association (CFA) is under fire by club officials and fans after the unusual move of allowing promising central-back Dai Lin to join Shanghai Shenhua club on Sunday for the modest transfer fee of 500,000 yuan ($73,000) from a Bosnian club.
The move is a questionable one for the Chinese Olympian and former Liaoning player, who had chosen not to extend his contract with Liaoning earlier this year and was placed on the transfer window at a price of 4 million yuan ($586,000).
After negotiations with Shanghai broke down, Dai joined FK Slavija Sarajevo, a Bosnian first division league club, as a free player, in May. But Dai never took part in any competition or daily training in two months with the overseas club and suddenly returned home and appeared at the Shenhua training camp on July 10.
