Once it was China, not Saudi Arabia, on a multi-million pound recruitment drive to buy in the world's best football talent. In just a few years though, the Chinese Super League's big-money plans have imploded.
Buy clubs in Europe -> send Chinese youth players to these clubs -> inject money into domestic clubs with star players -> expose domestic players to a higher level of play
What was the strategy of Chinese football?
Buy clubs in Europe -> send Chinese youth players to these clubs -> inject money into domestic clubs with star players -> expose domestic players to a higher level of play
Was this the strategy?
Isn’t Japan successfully doing this? At least for the first two steps. Of course they have much better players than China.