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A strongly-worded open letter jointly signed today by Shanghai Shenhua’s major fan associations has implored Greenland Group to re-instate “Shenhua” into the club’s name following a change in identity due to the club’s buy-out of Zhu Jun. Confusion… Read More
Supporters of Shanghai Shenhua intend to protest against the club’s new identity following new owner Greenland real estate’s decision to rename the club to “Shanghai Greenland FC, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua team”. Hundreds of fans reacted angrily to the… Read More
The Hong Kong FA have been awarded an AFC grassroots recognition award of Euro 37,000 for its efforts to actively develop and promote football from the bottom up. Project Phoenix is the HKFA’s ambitious plan to revolutionize the… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande have become the first Chinese club to sign a player on active international duty with a major European footballing power with the capture of Italian playmaker Alessandro Diamanti for 6.9m Euro from Bologna. In what is… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande have struck a 100 million RMB (12 million Euro) sponsorship deal with car manufacturer Dongfeng Nissan shirt for the 2014 season, according to a detailed report on Chinese website 163.com (Netease). The deal will see Evergrande bear… Read More
The great South Korean influx of 2014, as it could be termed, has seen several quality imports from across the East China Sea arrive to the Chinese Super League in the winter transfer window. It hasn’t gone unnoticed… Read More
Busan IPark have announced the sale of international midfielder Park Jong-Woo to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F, with the player signing a three-year contract with the Canton side. Park, 24, hit the headlines at the London 2012… Read More
Guizhou Renhe have now completed their foreign transfer activity for the winter transfer window, with teenage Brazilian forward Hyuri arriving as their fifth foreign player for the 2014 season. Hyuri, 19, joins the Bosnian duo of Zvjezdan Misimovic and… Read More
Guangzhou R&F’s preparations for the 2014 Chinese Super League season have upped a level over the past week, with Nigeria international Yakubu departing while two Chinese players arrived from Shanghai Shenxin. Yakubu, 31, had spent 18 months with… Read More
Greenland Group have officially announced the completion of its takeover of Shanghai Shenhua and has signed an agreement to acquire all the club’s assets. Due to the timing of the announcement, right on Chinese New Year’s eve, the… Read More
