The objective of this article is to unravel the current situation regarding the quota on foreign players in the Chinese Super League (CSL) and to examine the technical possibility of circumventing the quota rule by acquiring Chinese citizenship.
Introduction
“My biggest hope for Chinese football is that its teams become among the world’s best.”
With this sentence, in 2015, President Xi shaped the future of Chinese football for the decades to come.[1]
Only a couple of months prior, the General Office of the State Council published the “Chinese football reform and development program” which aims to revitalize the game in China, as well as to support the country’s dream of becoming a powerful sports nation.[2]
Since 2015, much has changed - many reforms regarding football have been promoted, followed by constant development of the rules and regulations governing various aspects of the game.
The importance of the...
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