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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2015 SPORTS Asian teams go on transfer spending spree SINGAPORE: Emirati champions Al Ain tipped to fill the quota with either Chelsea “We (Asia) have only started the profes- Javier Aguirre next season and have signed 26, from England’s Tottenham Hotspur for a signed Dutch winger Ryan Babel yesterday, midfielder John Obi Mikel, 28, or 25-year- sional era in 2008. I would like to see that 31-year-old Chile midfielder Jorge Valdivia, similar fee. while Guangzhou Evergrande closed in on old Brazilian Fellipe Bastos from Gremio. our clubs have the same financial power who is looking forward to the Copa America Current Brazil forward Robinho, 31, for- Brazil’s Robinho as the money-spinning bat- Improving standards and the lure of big that enables us to pay as much as the final against Argentina on Saturday. merly of Real Madrid and AC Milan, appears tle between Chinese and Middle Eastern wages have helped make the United Arab European sides to take the best players to Former English-based Brazilians Jo, 28, to be the next Guangzhou arrival under clubs for foreign talent gathered pace. Emirates a popular choice with players in play in Asia,” While there is little hope of and Denilson, 27, have signed for Emirati World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe The 28-year-old Dutch international recent years, with the age demographic of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo pulling on clubs, whose growing popularity is Scolari despite reported interest from Abu winger and former Ajax Amsterdam and the arrivals no longer restricted to old leg- an Al Ain or Al Sadd shirt anytime soon, matched by China.
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