Chinese football team rewards each player with $4 million promotion bonus

Mai Chau Thiet Han Club shocked with a huge bonus for players after winning a ticket to the Second Division.

Mai Chau Thiet Han players take photos with a large amount of money. Photo: Mai Chau Thiet Han

This reward was handed to the players in cash (CNY), after defeating Shenzhen Leiman 1-0 (3-1 after two matches) to win the right to play in League One.

Mai Chau Thiet Han players took turns taking pictures with the money, some even lying on top of the coins spread on the ground. All 30 members of the Mai Chau Thiet Han team are Chinese.

Mai Chau Thiet Han is a club based in Guangdong province, owning a home stadium with a capacity of 20,221 seats. The club's owners are mainly in the construction industry. Previously, they promised to reward the players with this amount of money if they won a ticket to the top flight.

The generosity of Mai Chau Thiet Han's owners will be even greater if the players win tickets to the Super League - China's top tournament next year.

Chinese football teams have recently emerged as big players in the football world, constantly spending large sums of money to bring in stars. The highest paid player in the world right now is Carlos Tevez ($800,000/week), who plays for Guangzhou Evergrande.

In the top 10 highest paid players today, there are two Brazilian players playing for Shanghai SIPG, Oscar and Hulk, in addition to Italian striker Graziano Pelle - who plays for Shandong Luneng.

According to VNE