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Why China Holds Lessons for Soccer’s Next European Super League

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese state broadcaster CTGN may have declared the scuppered plans for a European Super League (ESL) as an “own goal for football,” but, in fact, many Chinese soccer fans and broadcasters would have loved the ESL.As the ESL proposal collapsed in less than three days, huge volumes of invective were addressed at the executives and club owners who had joined the plan.

They were mercenaries, out of touch with fans. It was “the worst announcement in European football history,” said former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon.The hand-wringing suggested that top European football teams still belong to local supporters and earn their revenues from ticket sales and turnstiles.

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