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Another one to China joining the likes of Papiss Cisse, Hulk, Jackson Martinez, Paulinho, Ramires, Alex Teixeira, Gervinho, Stephane Mbia, Demba Ba, Obafeme Martins, Burak Yilmaz etc.
China footballing superpower in the next 30-40 years?
Ah OK. Makes sense. I suppose it encourages investedment to leagues like the Chinese Super League.
I think it's great that China are going for it. Though I hope they invest as much in their own youth academies. I'd like to see bigger investment in India too.
Football really is one of the few things that can unite the planet.
It's never going to happen overnight.
The first step is convincing a few 'star' players to make the move and create a snowball effect.
If the money's there then others will follow. The only reason big name players move to premier league clubs is because the money brings them here (and as a result this creates a competitive league)
Only a matter of time before a really big name goes there and when that happens it'll change the perception of it and others will follow the money.
If they've got the money and the determination then China will compete with the PL before long.
'Star players' .. especially from South America ..... have been playing in Asia for decades. The J-league and K-league have now developed to the stage where the foreigners are part of the team, rather than "the team" (i.e. reliant on the foreigners skills). The CSL, with the likes of Guangzhou Evergrande are getting there. Teams like Guangzhou DO have huge academies set up for youth production. The facilities are, I kid you not, second to none and they are able to employ some of the best coaches in the world. It's only a matter of time.
I see Higuain has apparently just turned down £800k a week to go there. It is a league for mercenaries and no doubt the likes of Higuain would consider it more seriously in their latter years but not if you value your career and actually achieving something with your talent.
At the end of the day what's the real difference between £800k a week and £200k a week
That's the difference between about £10m and £40m a year. It's a fair old difference.
Just announced that ronaldo earns £60m (after all his sponsorship). It might seem unreal to us but there are people in the world who have far more - footballers aren't billionaires - and do a lot worse than play football to get it.
I don't see the problem with footballers earning big money. There's big money in football and they make incredible sacrifices from an early age.
Some might say that being the face that launched a football league to a billion people is something of a personal achievement. What would Beckham be more proud of? What he did in the US or if he'd stayed in Europe and made a Europa League semi?
Footballers are ambitious people. Making football huge in china would be something unique.
Thought I wold post this story on here to keep the debate on Chinese football going....
Cardiff City keen to develop long-term links with China
http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/...-3204440.aspx?
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/f...long-11659079?