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Premier League manager remembers where they were when the Chinese Super League threatened to take over football.Antonio Conte would likely back himself in most touchline argey bargeys, but the then Chelsea manager was petrified of China’s sudden ascent within football. “The Chinese market is a danger for all” the now Tottenham Hotspur boss said in 2017, shortly after Blues midfielder Oscar shocked the footballing world by becoming one of the first high-profile players to move to China.Didier Drogba may have moved to China in 2012, but the Blues legend was in the twilight of his career, while Oscar was only just entering his prime years.

Premier League fans will remember Diego Costa as an animal on the pitch - but it turns out he was a party animal off it!The maverick former Chelsea striker turned the conservatory of his Surrey mansion into a nightclub, decking it out with a state-of-the-art sound system and top of the range lighting equipment.And as if that wasn't mad enough, the Brazilian-born Spain international ordered it to be dismantled brick-by-brick and shipped over to Madrid so he could rebuild the structure exactly as it was after he was sold to Atletico, according to The Sun.READ MORE: Leicester's Jamie Vardy 'on radar of Man Utd and Chelsea' as solution to striker crisisCosta, who spent three entertaining years at Stamford Bridge, isn't the only footy star to have installed a nightclub in his house. Former Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri built one in his £6m Cheshire home after he signed for Manchester City, while Chelsea new boy Raheem Sterling did the same did the same a few years ago.The Blues won two titles in three seasons with Costa leading the line, though he left the club abruptly after falling out with Antonio Conte in 2017 by pushing for a move to Chinese Super League side Tianjin Quanjian mid-way through the campaign after they offered the striker a mammoth wage to jump ship.After being informed he wasn't part of the Italian's plans for the upcoming season, Costa went AWOL and flew to Brazil.

Chelsea striker has revealed. Pato was predicted to be the next big thing after bursting onto the scene in his native Brazil. His break came at Internacional, which was only possible because of the extreme lengths his dad went to get him to his trial.In an interview with The Player's Tribune, Pato detailed how they were forced to settle for an X-rated stay the night before.

HAVE YOUR SAY! Should the manager have been sent off for this? Comment belowIt was an ugly win for Orlando who have started brightly in MLS this season, currently sitting second in the Eastern Conference after eight games despite losing former Manchester United star Nani. The Portuguese star scored 28 goals in 77 games for the American side but has since moved to Serie A to play for Venezia.Venezia are currently staring relegation in the face after losing their last seven matches in Serie A, and Nani has failed to score in any of his 10 appearances for the club.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe previously postponed Beijing International Film Festival is to make a 2021 comeback and will be held later this month in the Chinese capital.The festival is normally held in late April, but organizers took the precautionary move of shifting it to August this year. They were only days out from the opening night when city authorities responded to new coronavirus cases by reintroducing social distancing restrictions and postponing the festival.The 11th edition will now be held Sept.

Yufan Lu. She’s discussing her new photo project, Make Me Beautiful – a brutal and devastating deep dive into cosmetic surgery culture in her home country.

Huarong, one of China’s largest state-controlled asset management firms, was put to death by a court in the northern city of Tianjin on January 29. The corrupt banker was accused of taking almost 1.8 billion yuan (£204 million) worth of bribes for serious crimes that would have a 'severe social impact,' the South China Morning Post reported.China Central TV said: “The amount of bribes received by Lai Xiaomin was extremely large, the crime’s circumstances were particularly serious and the social impact was particularly severe." The broadcaster also cited China’s Supreme People’s Court as saying that they reviewed and approved an execution order for Mr Xiaomin.

Alibaba Pictures, the stock market-listed film subsidiary of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is to pay $57 million (RMB400 million) for a majority stake in variety show producer Tianjin Yinhekuyu.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorA pair of China-focused panels at the Cannes Virtual Market this morning provided some insight into what’s happening in the Middle Kingdom as Beijing deals with a recent reemergence of coronavirus cases and movie theaters remain shuttered. The news wasn’t terribly positive.Jerry Ye, Chairman of Huaying Tianxia (Tianjin) Film Development said there is “no timetable for reopening for cinemas just yet.