Monday, March 6, 2017

Chinese soccer clubs can be brand leaders, says Lagardere boss (Reuters)

Football Soccer - Chinese Super League - SIPG v Changchun Yatai FC - Shanghai, China - 4/3/17 - SIPG's Elkeson celebrates after scoring. REUTERS/Aly Song

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - A Chinese club could one day be a bigger brand than Manchester United and it is only a matter of time before the Super League (CSL) challenges the English Premier League for world domination, according to leading sports marketer Andrew Georgiou. Georgiou, the chief executive of Lagardere Sports and Entertainment, told Reuters in an interview on Monday that the world order was changing fast. "I think China has the financial capability to become the biggest league in the world," said the Australian, whose company is partner to more than 100 European football clubs as well as working with a number of confederations including Asia.


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