Maybe Delia shouldn't turn down the Chinese!!!

[JF 694]

Bang on Mate. Does anyone have a link to any article where she turned any offer down? Anyway Happy New Year to you all

Happy new year to you. No it was reported by Charlie Wyatt in the sun so maybe true and may not!

[baggie192 0]

Having looked at his twitter and stories about us he hasn''t got a high success rate :D

[JF 694]

[quote user="baggie192"]Having looked at his twitter and stories about us he hasn''t got a high success rate :D[/quote]

He is a Norwich fan though and tends to be spot on on stories about us

[PurpleCanary 5,554]

[quote user="baggie192"][quote user="City 2nd"]So many of you on this forum are completely and utterly ill informed. The reasons the Chinese are poaching or attempting to poach all the worlds top players and managers is thus:

The Chinese government has unveiled an ambitious blueprint to get 50 million children and adults playing soccer by the end of this decade, with the broader objective of becoming a “world football superpower” by 2050.

They are also hell bent on qualifying for the next World Cup finals and have set down plans to win the competition too.

What they cannot get into their own Country they will get by investing in clubs the world over, not just in the UK game. In Shanghai and Beijing the game is bigger than anything in the EPL, much much bigger.

So I agree with the OP, Delia shouldn''t turn down the Chinese or any other foreign investor, because Norwich City will become a non entity in the modern game if they fail to keep up with modern trends. Just as England was a superpower in football in the 60''s, you only have to look at the national games demise over the last 40 years and the development of nations such as Iceland to see just how bad the UK game is. Hers and MWJ ramblings in the media about not wanting foreign investment was totally abhorrent and I''ll advised. Still with club owners who stick with failure, not surprising really.[/quote]Bang on Mate.  Does anyone have a link to any article where she turned any offer down? Anyway Happy New Year to you all[/quote]No. No-one seems to have a link to Delia turning down any Chinese offer, despite multiple requests for one to be provided. It is all a bit baffling, in this cyber-age of universal connectivity. In any event, there cannot have been anything as particular as an offer.

[GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 1,738]

....the present situation is only the tip of the Iceberg with Chinese clubs.

They are financially backed by huge corporations but at the moment they are only allowed 3 foreign players per club.

So they have all this money to spend but can only spend it on 3 players, all the rest are homegrown.

Imagine what it will be like if/when they expand that to 6 per team....or unlimited?, it could conceivably become one of the most powerful ,richest and even best leagues in the world in years to come?

[JF 694]

Rumoured that Diego Costa is about to sign for a Chinese side now! Out of today''s match with an apparent back injury and his agent is in China