They'll be singing 'City,There's only one City' before we know it.After a little research, it turns out there is another team from Chengdu competing in the same League in the upcoming season.
The team we are buying will likely be renamed to Chengdu City FC, but amusingly, the other team in the city are called Chengdu Better City FC. Not named like that in advance of competing against our club, but because they are owned by "Chengdu Better City Investment Group".
How is it in UEFA's remit to do anything ?Further progress and global reach.
Mark my words, this will be the last, as UEFA will write it into the rules that we can no longer do this.
How is it in UEFA's remit to do anything ?
CFG are a worldwide organisation not european.
The difference is we are in their competition in europe, we being City, so they can make the rules.How is it in their remit to tell businesses how they can or cannot spend their own money a la FFP?
The difference is we are in their competition in europe, we being City, so they can make the rules.
They have no jurisdiction in China, or anywhere else outside europe.
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.