City Football Group (CFG) buy into Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu FC (from Chengdu)

waspish said:
Wonder why we buying a third tier team?
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Location, Location, Location.

Its an important City in China, with approx 15m people, and no major football team to compete against. I'd expect them to get to the Super League pretty quickly with our inevitable investment.

As its the hub for several Chinese Airlines I'd also expect direct flights to Manchester to be announced at some point too, although not necessarily on Wednesday.

For reference, Espanyol signed a Chinese player in January and viewing figures of Espanyol games have gone from 600k to over 50m.
 
cptaidan88 said:
Location, Location, Location.

Its an important City in China, with approx 15m people, and no major football team to compete against. I'd expect them to get to the Super League pretty quickly with our inevitable investment.

As its the hub for several Chinese Airlines I'd also expect direct flights to Manchester to be announced at some point too, although not necessarily on Wednesday.

For reference, Espanyol signed a Chinese player in January and viewing figures of Espanyol games have gone from 600k to over 50m.
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what? 15m people...? wow
 
BlueDejong said:
what? 15m people...? wow
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The population of the administrative region of Chengdu was 14.4m in 2010, so realistically its going to be considerably higher than 15m now.

Urban population of Chengdu was 10.1m in 2010, and its reasonable to assume that has significantly increased too.
 
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