Post by yenilira on Dec 15, 2011 16:26:17 GMT 1
Nicolas Anelka's signing for Shanghai Shenhua must have come as a for most people, I can imagine.
Apart from Gazza, who played for Gansu Tianma in February, 2003, there is one other personage – well-known to 'Pool fans – who knows what it is like to play there, and gain promotion to the Chinese 16-team Super League – our own Marlon “The Hare” Harewood, who says that the standard is Championship level, but as time goes on, it's bound to prosper with the influx of better players and coaches.
Argie MF Dario Conca already plays for Guanzhou Evergrande and is the league's record signing at £6million.
In the recent past, there's been a lot of corruption within their football, but now seem to be getting their heads sorted with the aim of World Cup qualification, doing well, and eventually winning it....
errr, I think that'll take some time, as they're classed below El Salvador and Burkina Faso in the FIFA's rankings.,,,somewhere around the 70-mark, and it's not exactly Prem standard.
Cue a Chinese Roman Abramovich, perhaps?
China is the fastest-growing economy and hundreds of billionaires have come to the surface, but with three of their biggest clubs backed or owned by corporates, things are looking up.
Each CSL team is allowed five foreign players with presently their biggest names from Brazil.
Jean Tigana, he of Fulham and Monaco, is being touted for the manager's post at S.Shenhua, and other clubs are looking towards England, Spain, and France, for players and managers.
Who's bigger than Anelka that would fit the bill in the land of 'bat wings' and 'forest dog'?
YL.
Apart from Gazza, who played for Gansu Tianma in February, 2003, there is one other personage – well-known to 'Pool fans – who knows what it is like to play there, and gain promotion to the Chinese 16-team Super League – our own Marlon “The Hare” Harewood, who says that the standard is Championship level, but as time goes on, it's bound to prosper with the influx of better players and coaches.
Argie MF Dario Conca already plays for Guanzhou Evergrande and is the league's record signing at £6million.
In the recent past, there's been a lot of corruption within their football, but now seem to be getting their heads sorted with the aim of World Cup qualification, doing well, and eventually winning it....
errr, I think that'll take some time, as they're classed below El Salvador and Burkina Faso in the FIFA's rankings.,,,somewhere around the 70-mark, and it's not exactly Prem standard.
Cue a Chinese Roman Abramovich, perhaps?
China is the fastest-growing economy and hundreds of billionaires have come to the surface, but with three of their biggest clubs backed or owned by corporates, things are looking up.
Each CSL team is allowed five foreign players with presently their biggest names from Brazil.
Jean Tigana, he of Fulham and Monaco, is being touted for the manager's post at S.Shenhua, and other clubs are looking towards England, Spain, and France, for players and managers.
Who's bigger than Anelka that would fit the bill in the land of 'bat wings' and 'forest dog'?
YL.