World Cup on local TV and Chinese Players Overseas: The Chinese Football Podcast

The pundits are surviving the late-night World Cup broadcast schedule to share their experience of the World Cup so far – and to share which sides (some more surprising than others) are the hot trends in China with perennial fan favourites Argentina and Germany getting off to a sluggish start.

The World Cup gives us a great chance to reflect on the experience of watching football on TV in China – how do the subscriptions, broadcast packages and commentators hold up – and the classic story of PPTV’s former Shenhua commentator and a Jiangsu team line-up gets an airing.

We look at a fairly quiet transfer window so far, with Dalian making the biggest waves in Zhou Jun’s attempt to recreate his former Shenhua transfer policy – and Zhang Yuning’s latest laon move to ADO den Haag gives the pod a chance to share their hopes for Zhang’s next season in Europe, and share our thoughts on the best Europe-based careers for Chinese players of previous generations.

The Chinese Football Podcast is hosted by Wild East Football’s Steve Crooks, joined by Chinese football experts Brandon Chemers in Beijing and Cameron Wilson in Shanghai.

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