groovyalbert
it's a mute point
Be interesting to see the result of this if this were to go through. Bizarrely, I think the body that could end up most benefitting from it would be the Chinese league. I, and I'm assuming the majority on here, always assumed that players who went out there were passing up on having careers in competitive leagues in favour of huge and immediate financial gain. If, as would be the case with Paulinho, he can do this and end up returning to Europe for one of the best teams around, then it arguably does more to boost the image of the Chinese league. Not only can they now attract top players, those same players can actually improve their standing amongst top teams on the back of playing well there.