Soccer is about to score in China, bigtime

I see that Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent recently claimed that his client was offered a hefty €100 million per year contract to play soccer in China, a sign of the financial muscle being exerted by the Far East.

Things move fast. Even as I type these words news emerged that Chelsea’s Jon Obi Mikel was going to lose the chips of timber from his rear end by signing for Chinese Super League side Tianjin TEDA.

The midfielder said he was looking for a new challenge. The challenge of carrying home his pay packet, possibly.