Wednesday, April 14, 2021

China's Communist Party Is Ordering Chinese Investors To Pull Out Their Investments In European Football

President Xi Jinping now only wants to see investment in football if it benefits China  

DW: China's Communist Party forcing investors to pull money out of European football 

A few years ago, China was aiming to become a major player in world football. International stars were lured to the domestic Super League and investors bought up European clubs. This is all over. 

Imagine the following scenario: Borussia Dortmund win the Bundesliga and then a few months later are banished by the German Football League (DFL). Sounds unthinkable, right? 

Not so in China. There, Jiangsu Suning were still celebrating winning the championship in November when the eastern Chinese club had their license revoked. The Chinese Football Association was out to make an example of the club.

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WNU Editor: You do not make money from a sports team. You only make it when you decide to sell it. This is not a smart business decision from Beijing. And it looks like President Xi is not a fan of soccer.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great! Good riddance.
Bye.
Don't let the door hit your fat ass on the way out! :)
One thing is clear..Xi doesn't understand soccer, European culture, nor European will. Maybe the Chinese will learn on the battle field just how much war experience Europeans have... so, so, so much experience in shedding own and others blood.
Maybe the Chinese are smart and sit down again before they wake ancient European spirits that could easily crush Beijing ten times over without even trying

We've got...

The Germanz

We will unleash them.

Tread lightly, fat man