Guangzhou the team to beat as Chinese Super League kicks off


Head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari of Guangzhou Evergrande gestures during AFC Champions League Group H match in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

BEIJING (Reuters) - After outspending even the English Premier League with an avalanche of cash to assemble a glittering array of foreign footballing talent, the 14th version of the Chinese Super League (CSL) finally gets underway on Friday.

Website www.transfermarkt.com estimates, and in the world of international transfers these can only be estimates, that the CSL's 16 clubs spent a combined $411 million in the Chinese transfer window, which closed on Tuesday.

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