With nagging concerns about coronavirus sweeping through teams and players scattered across the world, unable or hesitant to return, China is finding that restarting football is no simple matter.... more »
Cedric Bakambu says that he made "a good choice" leaving Spain for the riches of Chinese football -- and he is proving it by hitting 11 goals in as many games.... more »
French-born Congolese striker Cedric Bakambu was officially presented by Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan on Thursday, capping a weeks-long transfer saga following his departure from Spain's Villarreal.... more »
Congolese striker Cedric Bakambu fully expects his transfer to Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan to be officialized once the club get home from a tour of Portugal, the former Villarreal striker told AFP on Thursday.... more »
Chinese Super League teams who evade the country's 100 percent levy on foreign player transfers face crippling point deductions under new measures aimed at plugging loopholes in the restrictions.... more »
Cedric Bakambu's protracted 40-million-euro move from Villarreal to Beijing Guoan is a litmus test of Chinese football's 100 percent transfer tax and could have ramifications from Spain to England and beyond.... more »
Beijing Guoan declined to confirm Cedric Bakambu's reported 40-million-euro signing on Wednesday -- despite releasing a photo of what looks like the Congolese striker training with the club.... more »
Beijing Guoan are pleading ignorance over the protracted fate of Cedric Bakambu even after the striker declared he was China-bound in a reported 40-million-euro deal.... more »
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