Chapter 168: Shanghai Fantasy
As the world’s leading sports activity, football has always received significant attention. Now, in Asia, a region often referred to by Europe as a football wasteland, a club is surprisingly investing so much money into football. This is undoubtedly big news.
Of course, when European clubs hear this news, they will probably scoff, thinking that Tianyu Club is just another farce like Chelsea with Abramovich.
Despite Abramovich’s substantial investment, Chelsea did not achieve particularly impressive results. After all, the owners of Europe’s top clubs are not short of money.
Thus, having money does not necessarily guarantee winning championships in football. Even though Abramovich had money, the top clubs in Europe would not sell their star players to him.
However, the situation in Asia, especially in our country, is different from Europe. For example, the newly emerged Asian powerhouse Guangzhou Evergrande achieved the AFC Champions League title through its extravagant spending.
Although the AFC Champions League doesn’t compare to the UEFA Champions League in prestige, it is still the top club competition in Asia. Now, Wu Hao aims to create a new powerhouse in the same manner, and his spending is even more extravagant than Evergrande’s.
Time flies, and as the press conference concluded, various media outlets extensively reported on it. The fastest responses came from major online news portals, followed by rapid dissemination through social media platforms like Moments and Weibo.
Given the scale of this football investment, which is jaw-droppingly extravagant, it sparked a frenzy of discussion online.