09-02-2017, 15:48
He is a South American so he will be on his way to China if any truth at all in this, they seem to be bidding on every South American striker on the planet at the moment. Probably more likely his agent is trying to create interest in China though.
I do wonder, if you think about it, why would the Chinese be paying prices and offering wages beyond most clubs outside China for the quality of player in question.
The only logic I can put on it is that their aim is to focus almost totally on receipts from T.V viewers. If that is the goal, it makes a lot of sense to look firstly to players from the second most populous area, then plug your league across South America as well as China. Selling it on the basis of it containing so many players from that area.
To put it into context the combined population of Europe is around 743 million. The combined population of China and South America 1.783 billion.
or am I just developing a conspiracy theory?
I do wonder, if you think about it, why would the Chinese be paying prices and offering wages beyond most clubs outside China for the quality of player in question.
The only logic I can put on it is that their aim is to focus almost totally on receipts from T.V viewers. If that is the goal, it makes a lot of sense to look firstly to players from the second most populous area, then plug your league across South America as well as China. Selling it on the basis of it containing so many players from that area.
To put it into context the combined population of Europe is around 743 million. The combined population of China and South America 1.783 billion.
or am I just developing a conspiracy theory?