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Footballers who played in China

A look at some of the most high-profile foreign footballers who have had spells in the Chinese Super League...

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Shanghai surprise: city rivals become Chinese Super League’s powerhouses

Port and Shenhua are tussling for the title after years of underachievement under the canny management of Kevin Muscat and Leonid Slutsky

The Guardian - UK

Tickets sell out 'in five minutes' as China football fans relish return

Beijing (AFP) - The new Chinese Super League season kicks off on Saturday after three years of Covid controls with tickets reportedly selling out in just five minutes for the biggest match of the opening weekend.

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After years of crisis, can China revive its lofty football goals?

President Xi wants China to become a top Asian footballing power by 2030, but the Chinese game is in the doldrums.

Al Jazeera

China’s football crisis: what happened next after Covid struck?

There are finally positive signs for the game, but only after three years that diminished the CSL from its global standing

The Guardian - UK

Mykhaylo Mudryk's place among 20 biggest January transfers as Liverpool moves stand out

Mykhaylo Mudryk is now a Chelsea player after the Blues stumped up £87million for his services to gazump Arsenal and add another name to the list of expensive January window transfers

Daily Mirror

China bans Brazilian for one year for clattering into ref

Beijing (AFP) - Brazilian forward Henrique Dourado was banned for 12 months and fined $30,000 on Friday after barging into the referee during a Chinese Super League football match.

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Aaron Mooy's pre Celtic transfer pitch to Rangers revealed as Ibrox hero opens up on secret 'push' for deal

Mooy has committed his future to the Scottish Premiership champions after leaving Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG.

Daily Record

China’s World Cup dream more distant after Covid leaves football in a mess

Delayed Super League is due to start on Friday but the football calendar has been torn apart by the impact of coronavirus

The Guardian - UK

Football fans allowed for China's Covid-delayed kick-off

Beijing (AFP) - Fans will be allowed in when the coronavirus-delayed Chinese Super League season kicks off on Friday despite the country's strict Covid controls, state media reported.

AFP

Top-tier Chongqing latest Chinese football club to fold

Beijing (AFP) - Chinese Super League club Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic folded on Tuesday after the pandemic deepened its debt woes, becoming the latest team to disband in the once big-spending division.

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