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A hugely expensive, powerful African ex-Chelsea striker arriving in July to rescue a disappointing Shenhua season following big investments gone wrong at the start of the year? Dejavu. That’s the feeling your correspondent had watching a casually-dressed Demba… Read More
When Beijing Guoan and Beijing Enterprises Group FC (let’s just simplify that & use Beijing BG) take the field on Wednesday night in the CFA Cup’s Fourth Round it should under no circumstances be considered a real derby…. Read More
The Chinese football world is in shock following the sudden death of Qingdao Hainiu midfielder Goran Gogic. The 29-year-old Serbian midfielder collapsed at the end of a training session and was rushed to a nearby hospital. Tragically, medical… Read More
Reigning Chinese Super League champions have announced the signing of Brazil midfielder Paulinho from Tottenham Hotspur, with the former Corinthians player signing for a fee of €14 million and signing a four-year contract. The figure falls just short… Read More
Once again, it’s the pub – no time for niceities this week, get in there and grab a beer! SU: Greetings B, how are you ? BC: Can’t complain, it’s always great to be sitting with you with… Read More
Widespread reports in both the Chinese and Australian sports media claiming Shanghai Shenhua has told Tim Cahill to find another club are false, the Australian international’s agent told WEF. Over the past two weeks, with the Chinese Super… Read More
China get their 2015 Women’s World Cup underway in Edmonton on Saturday afternoon (Sunday morning local time), with the Steel Roses bidding to continue their record of at least a quarter-final berth in every tournament in which they… Read More
The wind of change swept across Guangzhou on Thursday evening as dramatically as any of the city’s regular and dramatic storms thus far this summer. No sooner had the four-time Chinese Super League champions secured a 2-2 draw… Read More
With Fabio Cannavaro departing Guangzhou Evergrande in dramatic style on Thursday evening and Luiz Felipe Scolari announced as his successor, Wild East Football takes a look at some of the initial Weibo reaction to the changes. (This page… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande have announced the arrival of 2002 World Cup-winning manager Luiz Felipe Scolari at Tianhe Stadium, following the shock dismissal of Fabio Cannavaro on Thursday evening. Evergrande drew 2-2 with Tianjin earlier in the day with a… Read More
