Portugal wary of Chinese deal
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The Segunda Liga, Portugal’s second division, will be rebranded as the Ledman Proliga next season after a Chinese company, Ledman, signed a deal to that effect in Beijing earlier this week. The deal will also pave the way for Chinese players to join the league.
The Shenzhen-based company, Ledman, a lighting fixtures maker, said 10 Chinese players and three coaches will join the second division clubs, but not everybody is happy with the arrangement.
“They can’t force Chinese players on us, it should be an option,” the division’s chief Jose Godinho said on Wednesday.
Godinho insisted that clubs had made it clear throughout negotiations that the arrival of Chinese players should always be an option, not an obligation.
The Portuguese footballers union president Joaquim Evangelista said: “We don’t understand why the league is allowing a company to force players on to clubs and their managers.”
The Portuguese League sought to put the clubs’ minds at ease.
“There will be an exchange of players but the League guarantees that nothing will be imposed on the clubs,” said the League’s media officer Germano Almeida.
During talks, the clubs laid out a proposed compensation package for taking on Chinese players. They asked for 20,000 euros (US$22,000) the first year and 100,000 euros the fourth year for accepting three players and an assistant referee.
And a Chinese player’s playing time should earn them several thousand euros, suggested clubs, who also wanted 20 percent of any transfer fee.
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