the wes 7,212 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 On 09/01/2016 at 6:56 PM, LAM09 said: Is everybody going to China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,188 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Big party in that there China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,994 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Can we get on the phone with a few Chinese sides this summer and offer them Ivanovic? I'm sure one of them will offer £30m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,602 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 38 minutes ago, Pizy said: Can we get on the phone with a few Chinese sides this summer and offer them Ivanovic? I'm sure one of them will offer £30m. Yeah they are buying players we should offer them more from our team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,069 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Is everybody going to China Seems that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Shocking if happens, guy would go to some top club in summer but is chosing China instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 No doubt this is part of China's masterplan to take over as the world's leading power. Only nearly retired people go to the States while China is snapping up players in their prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,582 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 5 minutes ago, manpe said: No doubt this is part of China's masterplan to take over as the world's leading power. Only nearly retired people go to the States while China is snapping up players in their prime. Yeap... More Money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,582 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3432473/Alex-Teixeira-seals-35m-Jiangsu-Suning-Chinese-beat-Liverpool-Shakhtar-Donetsk-star-s-signature.html Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,602 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 17 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3432473/Alex-Teixeira-seals-35m-Jiangsu-Suning-Chinese-beat-Liverpool-Shakhtar-Donetsk-star-s-signature.html Done. Wow, that's insane. Let's hope they come and raid us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beepu 1,714 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Financially, it would be stupid not to move to China. In China(or anywhere in Asia for that matter) when you are rich, you live like a king and can even live above the law. But from a footballing point of view, his national team dream is probably shot. Wouldn't surprised if he moved back to Europe in about a year or so. We should offer our deadwoods to chinese teams. Oscar for 50m anyone? Ivanovic for a cut price of 20m. Or both for a minor fee of 60m! Heck we might even throw in a free Falcao for you guys! What a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Looks as if he was just desperate to leave Shakhtar. I mean, first, he was constantly talking about how he would loved to join us. Then when we sort of pulled out and Liverpool became interested, he talked about how great they are etc. Now, a club from China come in and he's off to there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Meh some players today have 0 ambitions...money doesnt ruin football, people with rotten character and no ambitions ruin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Just now, BlueLyon said: Meh some players today have 0 ambitions...money doesnt ruin football, people with rotten character and no ambitions ruin it. It's rotten character to want to earn more money? Not everyone that plays the sport even enjoys it, some are in the game just purely they are talented at it and can earn a living through it. People have different ideals on what is 'success' and what is 'ambitious' just because you have different standards to them doesn't make them 'rotten'. How do you know that he doesn't want to maximise his earnings so he can do more charity work? Maybe he supports dozens of people back in his hometown? I'd gladly choose earning a lot in China over winning a few win cups in England. Why? So I can establish charities and fund missionary work in countries like the Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 1 hour ago, BlueLyon said: Meh some players today have 0 ambitions...money doesnt ruin football, people with rotten character and no ambitions ruin it. 'Ruin' is a strong term. Is he 'ruining' football but going to league that's far more unknown than any other by adding his own quality? The Chinese Super League is a long way before it's ever taken seriously and so they're going to sign the players they think they can brand as a marquee right now. Ramires, Teixeria, Guarin etc are the 'giant' names they're attracting so you see their problem already. The player in question here has made it no question he wanted to leave Shakhtar. Unfortunately despite his constant media flirting with Chelsea and Liverpool, he was priced out by his own club. A club feeling the sense of being 'ripped off' on the Douglas Costa transfer now trying to make sure they don't make the same mistakes on their own income. So yeah, while he might have his eyes on money so what lol? In China he has the potential to be a small fish in a big pond and who wouldn't enjoy playing in such a situation where you are idolised. Anyway, most players who do go China often end up coming back. See Anelka and Drogba for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I imagine that the players who do want to come back from China eventually, will find it difficult. The likes of Anelka and Drogba went there for free. Why would the Chinese clubs sell their players for a loss? I doubt any club in Europe would want to buy a player from the Chinese league for for example £40m that they spent on Teixeira (or even at a 'cut price' £30m or smth like that), who in addition is unproven anyway, moreso now that he collects rust in a shit league. He may want to earn more money for a short period of time before wanting to return, but in the process he fucked his footballing career over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavio 2 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 http://shakhtar.com/en/news/37129 It's official... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 If I was a Chinese rich guy, I would've rather bought a European club and invested in it. Why the hell would you spend so much money there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnythefirst 1,076 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Cosmin said: If I was a Chinese rich guy, I would've rather bought a European club and invested in it. Why the hell would you spend so much money there? Proud people who want to make their own league great. They don't care about Europe, they want top football right next door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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