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Yes, Aries.
I bet Fatso wishes Chinese Football had got themselves involved 2 years ago. We might have got £25m, and he could have been on a £15m salary. (Just reading that Supersub Ighalo's going for a £10m pa wage).

I don't get it:  the average wage in China is about £50 pw, which is geared around their economy - which has stopped growing. How can they possibly pay 2nd rate footballers £10m pa? and what does the average Chinaman feel about this? Chairman Mao must be rolling in his grave.

I suspect football has become a rich Chinaman's plaything, rather like the Premier League has. China is on record as saying it wants to invest in foreign assets, and what better than the cash-rich PL? Even Villa and Wolves have been bought by Chinese. Birmingham City's Chinese owners have aready made another mistake sacking Gary Rowett in their bid to get to the PL quickly under Zola. God forbid our owners sack TP. We won't get anyone better at our level in the PL and I hope they realise that.