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His gf won't like that
The Chinese league genuinely has now overtaken the Bundesliga in the top 10 leagues in the world
good riddance
>>69377863
Holy shit, that penalty really jeopardized his career.
his gf confirmed for leaving him
>>69377887
>>69377936
Until she finds out they're paying him £125,000 a week
>>69377887
>>69377936
>implying she won't love his massive wage increase
>>69377941
>>69377951
>implying she won't cuck him for a guy that makes 100k in italy
>>69377863
Vancouver Whitecaps?
>Shandong Luneng
For what purpose?
>retiring at 30
Why.
pathetic
didnt even anelka hated it there
>will pocket 50 million plus and will actually get to keep it because of tax rate deals struck by the clubs
poor guy
>>69377907
just imagine what will happen to >Zaza
>plays there for a year for the dosh
>comes back to a newly promoted PL club afterwards
Southampton are getting chinked here. Zenit got £40m+ for Hulk and some crazy Chinamen offered £38m for Ighalo. £13m is well below what they should be asking.
>>69378237
>manage to scam liverpool repeatedly
>get scammed by chinks
bravo, liebherrs
it would be interesting to look into the finances of the chinese league and clubs. Football must be really big there to move so much money for so little quality. And where do they get their moeny from?
i, for one, welcome our chinese overlords
>>69378277
Teams are owned by huge companies that pump money in to them. China has some of the richest football teams in the World.
doesn't Lavezzi make 250k a WEEK in china? fuck that
>>69378342
but is it all at a loss? Not sure how sustainable it must be. I doubt their league tv rights sell much internationally, though that may not matter much when you have a domestic market of 1300 million chinese. For comparison, spain has 45m and uk 64m. Will have to look more into it
>>69378277
their government also wants them to improve so they usually give some money
>>69377863
>Graziano Pelle
>30 years old
is it a good bargain, considering he has legs only for 2 years more?
what's the point of China bringing players to their country? Why don't they just buy the teams in EPL and use that as a hub? no ones going to fucking watch the chinese league thanks to that awful time zone
>>69378285
They already own entire streets here
>>69378277
Large corporations own the clubs in China. They buy these fancy players to create local interest in the team so they can market whatever they sell/provide to the region.
Xi Jinping himself is a big fan of football.
He wants China to host WC 2030, and possibly win it.
That's why they upgrade their league with top players (well for now the dont't attract TOP players, but in 5 years the chinese league will be competitive enough to attract superstars)
So, as they have so many money, they break the market. They are just getting started.
>>69378057
>joining a team named after Shane Long
That's pretty dire
>>69377863
What is Chinese football like lads?
>>69378546
>and possibly win it
Lel, even he can't be this deluded. I think he said that he wants China to win a WC by 2050 though, which could definitely be possible when their football gulags start producing players.
Wow... ok he missed the penalty but he has been good in the tournament, he doesn't deserve the fucking chinese league
>>69378618
bags of rice
source?
>>69378641
>football gulags
>>69378618
The new BPL expect they don't have to humiliate themselves in CL.
Ronald Koeman looks like missing out on a reunion with Graziano Pelle with the Southampton striker nearing a move to China.
The new Everton boss wanted to link up with the Italian forward for a third time but Pelle has been made a mega offer to join Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng.
Pelle is edging closer to sealing the £13m switch from Southampton and will be handed a reported £225,000 a week in wages.
Pretty cheap transfer fee
>>69378437
They are like PSG or Man City. The chinks spending is about as sustainable as theirs. They will never run out of money, unless their sugar daddies lose interest.
people think he is 24, he is 30 for fucks sake. At best he has 2-3 good years assuming his team is also good.
The guy is old, has noly few seasons to earn something that has to last him his whole life so he's cashing out, not a bad decision after all
>>69378509
Short answer is that they think they're superior and want their own shitty league to grow (and foolishly believe it actually will)
>>69378928
30 isn't that old, he could have another 2-3 seasons in Europe and still cash in in China or MLS after that
>>69379012
Everyone's gotta start from somewhere
>>69379012
They have an almost unlimited amount of malnourished manlets, imagine how many Messis they could produce.
>>69378774
I doubt those wages are correct, but he'd be an idiot to not take that even if it means the end of his career basically. He's probably on 50 or 60k a week at most at Southampton, would set him for life.
>>69379123
if you research a bit you realize they already bred a super-athlete . Yao Ming
they took the biggest people in china from 2 families with historyically giant people, then they started giving him nurtients and catering to him so there was no way he would be under 7 feet tall
>no one ever talked about Pelle before
>now we have daily Pelle thread on /spuh/
>>69378618
Shit
lived in china for a while, and their football is a bit above MLS tier, but still awful. The foreign stars get to make money while looking good against chinese players who are clearly below their level.
>>69378618
Sauce?
>>69379380
They don't even need to do that, actually, as they already naturally have dozens of thousands 7 footers.
Anyway, east Asian are just not made for collective sports that need players who often have to take individual responsabilities. It doesn't mix with their "hammer the nail that stands out" culture.
Just look at their basketball team and how shit it became once Yao Ming retired. They even just got beaten by a secondary French NT made of players from the 4th squad, eventhough they're preparing for the Olympics.
>>69379510
Otoyomegatari
>>69378229
No way, no one comes back from these moves. He'll play 2 or 3 years until the novelty wears off and they upgrade, then he's retired.
>>69378237
He's being sold for a profit. Nobody else is going to pay a shitload for an inconsistent 30 year old.
>>69379366
50k a week for one year and I'd be set for life tbqh
>>69379605
The novelty will wear off after 3 days. Living in the middle of China playing in a shit league. Travelling 1000s of miles for away games. His team mates are practically Sunday League players and he speak to any of them. He can't speak to anyone. He's thousands of miles away from his friends and family.
But whatever you're into Grazianno
>>69378618
MUCH better than mls.
>Loyal fans
>good supporters/good display by supporters
>Decent logos
>Actual pyramid
>Get to play in a GOAT champions league
>Going from 900K a year to 700K a month
I dont even blame him tbhm8s. The only one getting cucked here is the Chinese man paying these wages
