HONG KONG, Jan 29 — Cristiano Ronaldo’s headline-grabbing arrival at Al Nassr on a bumper pay deal captured global attention last month, but in an alternate world the...
HONG KONG, Jan 29 — Cristiano Ronaldo’s headline-grabbing arrival at Al Nassr on a bumper pay deal captured global attention last month, but in an alternate world the five-time Ballon D’or winner may well have been destined for a move further east.
Shanghai SIPG’s 2016 signing of Brazilian duo Oscar and Hulk for combined transfer fees of €130 million highlighted the intent of a league that had already attracted World Cup-winning coaches Marcello Lippi and Luiz Felipe Scolari. Ronaldo in particular was connected time and again with a move east, with fast-rising, big-spending Tianjin Quanjian touted in 2018 as a possible destination after the forward’s agent Jorge Mendes was pictured with the club’s owner.Tianjin were among the first of a raft of CSL clubs to close due to financial or legal issues, with Wuhan Yangtze the latest to shut this week.
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