{"id":22263,"date":"2011-12-27T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/china-interest-in-chelseas-drogba-report\/"},"modified":"2011-12-27T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T16:00:06","slug":"china-interest-in-chelseas-drogba-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/27\/china-interest-in-chelseas-drogba-report\/","title":{"rendered":"China interest in Chelsea&#8217;s Drogba: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtnfootball.com\/content\/photo_1324121391400-1-0_280x187.jpg\" width=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>The Yangcheng Evening News said Guangzhou Evergrande are looking to make a dramatic bid to bring Drogba to China<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande could be planning an audacious bid for Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, after a rival club bought Nicolas Anelka, a report said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai Shenhua this month announced the signing of Drogba&#8217;s former Chelsea teammate Anelka in the most high-profile deal yet for the scandal-plagued Chinese league.<\/p>\n<p>Now Guangzhou Evergrande are looking to match Shanghai&#8217;s new firepower by possibly making an even more dramatic bid to bring Drogba to China, ahead of next year&#8217;s Asian Champions League, the Yangcheng Evening News said.<\/p>\n<p>The southern Chinese club, based near Hong Kong, had no comment on the report when contacted by AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai themselves, having also brought in French coach Jean Tigana, may have their own interest in the 33-year-old Drogba, according to previous reports.<\/p>\n<p>Anelka, 32, will reportedly earn about 200,000 pounds (around $300,000) a week at Shanghai, although Shenhua dispute the figure and have not revealed the transfer cost.<\/p>\n<p>Guangzhou have spent $3.16 million dollars in recent days in signing four Chinese national players as they prepare to defend their Super League title and confront Asia&#8217;s best in the champions league, Xinhua news agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Guangzhou are in Group H, the so-called &#8220;group of death&#8221;, alongside 2011 Asian runners-up Jeonbuk Hyundai and Japanese J-League champions Kashiwa.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese football has long been mired in scandals like match-fixing and gambling, but clubs enriched by the country&#8217;s industrial boom last season began spending big on players.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92011 AFP<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Yangcheng Evening News said Guangzhou Evergrande are looking to make a dramatic bid to bring Drogba to China Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande could be planning an audacious bid for Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, after a rival club bought Nicolas Anelka, a report said Tuesday. 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