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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/sp...nese.html?_r=0

Intriguing article about how China is buying up p!where from cash strapped Brazil League. They bought almost half the players from Champions Corinthians

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35479657

Now Chelsea's Ramieres has joined China and Liverpool target Alex Teixeira is rumoured to be heading to China we have to take the China super League seriously. Rumours abound that table topping Leicester got snubbed by legend Ronaldinho who has no club as he wants to join China for a lucrative final pay day. So he's turned down an easy opportunity to possibly end his career with Premier League title to head to China.

With news that Atletico Madrid Jackson Martinez has joined a prominent Chinese side Guangzhou for £31m I was wondering if Chinese league can become a force in footbal?

Will Europe's supremacy be thwarted?

Alot of players are mercenary and may realistically have given up ever playing or winning the Champions League. If you are talented play for West Ham, Southampton, Caens, Schalke, Hertha Berlin and are half decent you have no chance of defeating the Barcelonas, Reals, PSGs or Bayerns. Why not go to China, be a star player and get paid 2/3of what Messi is getting paid? Someone like Bony is not going to play reguaat 1st team football for MCFC, but he can double even treble his money in China or middle East. Southamptons Mane if greedy could clean up and easily get £250 K week in China no problem.