Good news for us, he would have improved most of our rivals. Good on him as well, not just the wages but I'd also rather live in Nanjing than Liverpool. State of the art stadium too, similar size and look to the Emirates. As I mentioned the other day I wouldn't judge him for taking the money either, for some players football isn't everything and they might even have ambitions to do something sensible with that money. Wishful thinking most of the time but still.
Had a read about the owner structure of most Chinese clubs and it doesn't seem as sinister as I initially assumed (as in money laundering). Most clubs are owned by large corporations, many of which exploded in value in the last few years, who are interested in gaining benefits from local governments, big investments in local football clubs look very good obviously in your portfolio during negotiations.
Plus football is a market with huge growth potential in China, many kids grew up watching only European leagues which might change with more and more quality players coming into the country, similar to Russia a decade or two ago.
