Will China be able to take over the Premier League?

Can see China, and maybe in a couple of generations, India, and more sooner the USA building up very popular leagues. But the history lies in European leagues (South America too, but currently Argentina and Brazil don't have the money).

Also, learning English is a big attraction for many, I think for example, Demichelis and Caballero have mentioned this in interviews. This can be done in the USA too.
 
China versus the Premier League is laughable. They have got Alan though.

Alan Douglas Borges de Carvalho, born José Bonifácio, Brazil is Chinese now. As is Elkeson de Oliveira Cardoso, but he was born in Coelho Neto, Maranhão, Brazil (which you won’t find on a map of China). The former player, Alan (阿兰), arrived from Red Bull Salzburg on 2015. The latter, Elkeson (艾克森/ Ài Kèsēn) arrived in 2013. Chinese citizenship via naturalisation has given both the chance to play for China’s national team. Ricardo Goulart (高拉特) from São José dos Campos, Brazil awaits FIFA to decide if he could play in the stages of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. Aside frome Mousa Dembélé at Guangzhou R&F, Paulinho at Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, Alex Teixeira at Jiangsu Suning, Marouane Fellaini at Shandong Luneng Taishan, Stephan El Shaarawy at Shanghai Greenland Shenhua there aren’t too many players out there that are household names. 27 Brazilians and 3 former Brazilians make up the 80 possible overseas players for 16 teams. Amongst the Brazilians, Hulk, at Shanghai SIPG isn’t the incredible one, but former-Chelsea player Oscar at the same team has a few awards to his name.

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If you mean in terms of football as a spectacle, unlikely for many years, if ever. Some players will choose to go there as now, but a difference in social and cultural aspects means it'll never be adopted fully. You'd need the likes of Messi, De Bruyne, all the big and up and coming names, playing week in week out. Can't see they all choose that country and lifestyle, plus the challenge isn't there for them yet either.

If you mean take over as in invest, then yes. Money talks at that level, and if the fat cats at the table now can find a way to protect their own pot and grow it, then it just becomes a matter of how comfortable they are with taking a step back and relinquishing some control. Right now they are fighting it, see the Newcastle takeover ad an example, but in ten years time it could be a different story.
 
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