China eye world dominance in club football


epa05245001 Guangzhou Evergrande fans cheer their team prior to the kick off of the AFC Champions League 2016 group stage match against Japan's club Urawa Red Diamonds at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, Japan, 05 April 2016. Urawa Red Diamond won 1-0. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

THERE must something special about the English Premier League (EPL).

It looks like every billionaire, as well as multi-millionaire, out there is keen to buy one of the EPL clubs, judging by the number of stories (or rather rumours) doing the rounds.

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