China set to break football transfer record, offering record-breaking sums to lure top talent
Earlier Chinese teams broke the Asian transfer record four times in an acquisition spree that outstripped even the mega-rich English Premier League.
Dec 31, 2016, 10:46 AM ISTFormer Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez agrees to join Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua
Chinese Super League clubs had already splashed out more than $400 million on players this year, after President Xi Jinping laid out a vision of turning the country into a football power.
Dec 29, 2016, 10:15 AM IST