Every Major Chinese Super League Signing: Where Are They Now?

[@Zpice]

Here's a list of others that weren't mentioned: - Renato Augusto - Mascherano (Retired) - Fredy Guarin - Aaron Mooy - Ricardo Goulart (Probs the biggest name Chinese Nationalised) - Nicolae Stanciu (Still there now) - Fran Merida (Still there now) - Fernando Henrique - Alan Carvalho - Stephane Mbia (Played for Sevilla) - Christian Bassogog - Frank Acheampong - Emmanuel Boateng - Boubacar Diarra (Freiburg legend) - Mohamed Sissoko (Used to play for PSG) - Abderrazak Hamdallah (went to the semis in the WC with Morrocco) - Obafemi Martins - John Obi Mikel (the former Chelsea guy who went to Stoke) - Papiss Cisse (also played for Newcastle) - Kim Min Jae (one of the few players to have progressed from China elsewhere) - Sejad Salihovic (Hoffenheim legend) - Mousa Dembele - Mislav Orsic (went from beating massive clubs like Guangzhou Evergrande to small clubs like Tottenham and Chelsea) - Romain Allesandrini - Tamas Kadar (he also used to play for Newcastle) - Eder (Italian one who played for Inter Milan) - Adrian Mierzejewski (still there now) - Ricardo Carvalho - Daniel Carrico - Nemanja Gudelj (Serbia have good connections with China btw) - Ruben Castro - Jonathan Viera (Las Palmas legend) - Tomas Pina (just signed) - Sam Larsson (He is not the son of Sebastian Larsson) - Augusto Fernández (Another former Atletico Madrid player) - Jô - Leo Baptistao - Miranda (underrated centre back btw) And last and probably least: Solomon Rondon Lmk if I missed anyone else but these are other big names that went to China tbh

[@Zpice]

Oh and how could I forget: Alan Kardec and Robinho (former Real Madrid and City footballer)

[@johndroos9486]

Rondon was mantioned.

[@xiazhang1093]

You forgot Ricardo carvaliho a Portugal legend cb

[@williamcross210]

@@aaronwilson7947 was mentioned

[@veggiegodbsinsertcontrover6584]

@@xiazhang1093 Bro can't read lmfao💀

[@rico_1_1_six]

Jackson Martinez was a beast at porto

[@depekthegreat359]

Congratulations to your beloved Hull City for your surprising victory over Cardiff City at home by 1-0 yesterday to move to twelth with forty points in the English Championship standings!!!:-D

[@HITCSevens]

Thanks Depek!

[@depekthegreat359]

@@HITCSevens You are welcome,good friend Alfie!!!🏋️‍♂️

[@kyle1493]

🤣

[@timsmith1323]

@@HITCSevens good time for us Hullensians atm, well I’m actually Hedon now but east Hull born and raised

[@carltonleboss]

Good old Hull

[@DabDabGoose]

And Aaron Mooy who left to china instead of staying the Prem for Brighton(who I believe wanted to keep him) and now is playing at Celtic and playing well.

[@danbanfield9764]

We did want to keep him but I think it is safe to say we upgraded

[@BasementBubbatunde]

He doubled his salary at nearly 30 so im not surprised he went, worked out well for both. Brighton are just fantastic regardless who they lose and he got a bag before going back to European football.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? English Chinese Ezlink Card

[@MadKieranM]

Fantastic timing, dog walk in the morning is 10x better with a new HITC video 😂❤️

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Aaron Mooy is having an excellent season at Celtic - a very shrewd piece of business by Ange Postecoglou 🍀

[@DabDabGoose]

Brave choice too considering his age, but let's remember he choose to leave brighton for money he definitely wasn't forced to leave as they wanted to keep him and for good reason.

[@theofontaine5564]

Spot the Aussie

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

@@DabDabGoose "but let's remember he chose to leave Brighton for money..." I don't see the relevance - care to elaborate?

[@DabDabGoose]

@@ianmacfarlane1241 he didn't leave Brighton because he wasn't good enough is the point, he left for money.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

@@theofontaine5564 They are both Aussies, though more accurately Ange Postecoglou is actually Greek/Australian, having been born in Greece. Do I win a prize?

[@CharlieCade]

Hi Alfie, I've been a keen follower of your videos for a while now. And I have an idea for you. 7 average footballers who were signed following incredible international tournaments: Such as el hadji diouf to Liverpool in 2002

[@JoaoVictor-yq8ym]

Drinkwater

[@Timliu92]

Stephan El Shaarawy could have been one of the best in Europe had he not suffered many injuries. He had the potential and is still a decent footballer, but he could have been so much more.

[@jakopars]

Facts

[@kole081]

No

[@muhammadfikri5925]

Imagine if he is go to man city while he is in prime 🥺

[@triplet525]

Lazy player

[@d15t0rted4]

@@muhammadfikri5925Man City don’t need him and your sentence doesn’t make sense

[@baquithemonkey5330]

About Jackson Martinez, he did in fact retired already. But right now he's training with his childhood team independente Medellin. He could make a comeback professional football, and I surely hope so

[@gamewithgreg]

Is it worth doing one of your short documentaries on Raków Częstochowa? As an Englishman I'm intrigued how they were founded 101 years ago, have never looked like winning the league yet have finished 2nd in recent seasons and are currently top of the league, running away with it with over half the season gone. Like where have they come from and how are they ahead of the likes of Poznan, Legia, Lodz, etc

[@21hazza]

Would be a great video.

[@Subsbench]

​@@21hazza hey, I've had a go at making a quick explanation on this along with various other teams around Europe in similar positions 😊

[@rhysjames007]

Great vid brother. well structured, very informative. Maybe do some of the other leagues like A league in AUS (highest paid, biggest names etc etc. be good to learn bit more about all the diff leagues.

[@yunposter2428]

And the UK government says Chinese Super League deserves more points for work permits than J League/K League? What a joke.

[@luishernandezblonde]

Well, this issue is not limited to only China, but football across Asia usually sees authoritarian states or incompetent federations weaponising their financial muscles at the fullest, unless being sanctioned or isolated like North Korea and Iran, or too corrupt like Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Just in 2022 alone, Saudi clubs spent more than 800 million dollars to buy lavish football superstars. Qatar and the UAE also buy ton of superstars for their own greed of popularity and short-lived fame. In Thailand, under the authoritarian junta, the Thais sought to accelerate their bids for big names buying, betraying the previous pillar of youth development of former FAT President Worawi Makudi. In Kazakhstan, an Asian member with UEFA membership, the country spends very little money on improving footballers but rather trying to make propaganda about their UEFA benefit despite inability to produce world class footballers. And many more cases in Asia, from Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Vietnam, Indonesia, for examples. China just helped us to see how mismanaged is Asian football. Ironically, the only successful Asian football nations are the ones who spend less on lavish buying. Japan and South Korea are examples of how they spend less on buying football stars but successfully strengthened their football clubs and teams. Australia, which has AFC membership, may also be counted, though football is the only fourth largest sport in Australia and has only built a football culture for 20 years. Yet they were the ones to reach the round of sixteen in World Cup and not the lavishly spending and arrogant Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

[@716_ハディくん]

you forgot malaysia less spending yet beating thai and viet club

[@luishernandezblonde]

@@716_ハディくん Malaysia used to be mismanaged for quite a longer time. Their improvement is only recent, too early to say.

[@TheCatDrinksAllTheRedBull]

If you think that Australia has only built football culture for the past 20 years, you have it very wrong. Football has always been viewed in Australia as something that brings communities together, especially those who immigrated from Europe. Australia's biggest historical clubs were all founded by immigrants. Melbourne Knights and Sydney United 58 are Croatian. South Melbourne is Greek. Marconi Stallions and Brisbane City are Italian. My local top flight club, Brisbane Roar, traces its roots to Hollandia Inala, a local Dutch club. So yes, Australia has built football culture in the last 20 years, but that's the thing, it feels manufactured

[@BasementBubbatunde]

We (Australia) are forced to slowly build our league up without relying on big foreign talent because of how they league works. We have salary caps and off memory one signing that can "exceed the norm" each. Not only to stop a city/chelsea situation should/could it arise but yeah.. so our players can actually have a chance to develop unlike China for example and if they're looking promising a plan trip to Europe or even Japan or the K-league could come. I'd also put it 3rd in popularity now but that's debatable

[@luishernandezblonde]

@@BasementBubbatunde Australia is a newcomer to the game. Not until 2006 that Australia realised their football interest. Like Japan, football is not the biggest sport in Australia so I think we need time.

[@lucas-xl5kf]

You forgot Fredy Guarin!

[@danielwz5437]

Witsel actually had his best years for Dortmund in the Bundesliga

[@lincolnmasonhughes7452]

Just subscribed as seen you support the mighty tigers in the comments... West Hull born and raised!

[@matthewplunk4928]

Another masterclass, Alfie! Still waiting on that sub-Saharan Africa club Best XI!!

[@BALHAM69]

a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now. The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore. How they were very close to moving to ireland How they went up the English football leagues. It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel

[@giovannigarcia9972]

Video suggestion: 7 countries where only one club is dominant (or something like that), such as Al Ahly SC in Egypt, Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova, etc.

[@matthewplunk4928]

What about Zamalek?? They made CAF champions league final in 2019 iirc (lost to archrival Al-Ahly, ofc, but not a bad performance at all that season)

[@Nqoor]

Respect to all these boys, got the bag and dipped.

[@ginyah781]

Do a video of 7 best Traores or 7 best Fernandezs

[@MathiasGmail86]

7 best Cissés lol

[@veggiegodbsinsertcontrover6584]

"Very Spurs-y" As a mild Spurs fan, I felt that

[@TiagoFerreira-zp9gi]

Portugal was a Top 5 League when Talisca played for Benfica.

[@716_ハディくん]

france always top 5 league sorry Portugal

[@rinorg1003]

Paulinho has 56 brazil caps but Anderson Talisca has none lmao thats wild

[@laoch5658]

delighted to see this

[@jwang1978]

still remembering the heat map of Carrasco's very first CSL game was hilarious🤣

[@loshi9440]

A video about your take on Liverpool's situation would be interesting

[@afellownerd]

Day 5: 7 best premiere league players who never won PL player of the season

[@fishieschallenge9271]

I would more interest best player who never won premiere league at all.

[@justindevito6251]

Yaya Toure

[@John17489]

Sergio Aguero

[@afellownerd]

@@justindevito6251 I'd add silva, Aguero, drogba, cech, Ferdinand, scholes, Beckham to that

[@thouwilson]

I'd say a better one would be who haven't won PL Player of the Month?

[@theravingtimes9582]

CSL in 2018: This league is ridiculous, it's quite literally stealing some of the biggest names from Europe and it could be worse in the coming decade. Heck, they're even starting to add some of the uncapped players to the Chinese national team. CSL in 2023: The league is on the verge of collapse, the biggest names have left, Oscar wants to leave, Fellaini is still there for some odd reason and China lost to Vietnam.

[@stephenhyland4256]

Chelsea 2016/17 prem winners where are they now

[@yankiefrenz1367]

Guanzhou selling Paulinho to Barca was a very shady business

[@burlhorse61]

Oscar said the money was too good to turn down

[@philipglover3295]

Hulk gets a mention in consecutive videos

[@theofontaine5564]

Don't mind that Corinthians kit

[@rejjie]

i dont get it, id salaries are capped to 50k a week why is oscar still there?

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 455) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

[@samuelschonenberger]

Calcio Berlin made a similar video but that one is in German

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

@@samuelschonenberger ich schaue keinen deutschen content außer die Zusammenfassungen der Bundeligaspiele. Außerdem geht es weniger um das Thema selbst sondern um Alfie's Meinung dazu. Gab auch einige die sowas gesagt haben wie "in 400+ Tagen hättest du es selber machen können lol" ... es ist einfach nicht das selbe wie ein Video von Alfie, nicht mal im Ansatz.

[@simoncaton1226]

Every Major MLS signing!! Or the top 7 Middle East signings!

[@UnfeelingMonster]

I’m noticing a lot of overlap with the list of players who always followed the money, interesting

[@timsmith1323]

Another good day for us Hull City fans yesterday, what’s your opinion on Rosenior? I was sceptical when he was first announced but the lad has done well

[@theentitledsiriowlsx]

China is starting to collapse, literally because they placed 9th in AFC Coefficients. The 2024-2025 season is going to be the first season the Chinese League provided 3 teams for ACL and AFC Cup.

[@chinoavila9495]

Man let Oscar go he can still have a decent career left

[@joshuaburkinshaw9940]

Hey Alfie, I'm a big fan of your stuff! I've got a video idea but it's more of a question really. Cristiano Ronaldo has left every club he has played for in a worse league standing than he found them in his first season there. His leaving has always coincided with the strikers around him performing better. Yet he's clearly incredibly talented. To what extent is it fair to judge him? By what metric is he a good player if he doesn't really contribute to a teams success?

[@depekthegreat359]

This is quite a sad state for the Chinese football with the Chinese Super League on a verge of collapsing due to mainly some of their greedy ownerships to sign far too much of a money on some star players and signing some dodgy sponsorships on their own only to owe huge sums of money with some of the companies which they have been associating with for years,good friends!!!Nevertheless,some of the respective players who are in the list became quite a successful player in the league and hope they can get their momentum going till their rest of their respective careers,good friends!!!🙏

[@cGhostsVisuals]

Jackson Martinez narrative is completely wrong. He had an almost career ending ankle injury in November being away for only 9 games and comes January they sold him because he couldn't perform. Later, reports come out saying that he was mistreated and misdiagnosed. When he went to china he ended up getting injured another ankle injury that ended up his career at a top level

[@Obresedk96]

😅😅😅😅 18:03 yeah we said No cos we were in the same group with Suarez’s Uruguay 🇺🇾 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@FerraristDX]

I sense a theme here: Players either move to South America or to Saudi Arabia. Wonder if we'll see a similar video in a few years about the Saudi league.

[@petesmart1983]

Why?? Saudi has always signed has been Europeans for over 20 years, like most Arab leagues

[@hoze1235]

Oil money will sustain them

[@marcbenecken1259]

What about Renato Augusto?

[@HeroYMR]

He was number 8

[@ConanSakura231]

A Ceres Negros FC player in the background of Modeste

[@grawenburg1849]

Don’t forget Sandro Wagner who Scores 10 g/a in 14 Games for Bayern Munich before joining Tianjin Jinmen Tiger

[@FuncleB]

You mean the papers linked Manchester United with Carrasco. Absolutely not an EtH type player.

[@t.robinson4774]

Glad to see a KZbinr admitting a 38 minute video on this format is a documentary 0:37. 21 minutes is a bit long but as it’s a Sunday I found the time. Well done! (Stop at 14:00 next time, maybe?)

[@MrDenizk3]

Maybe you could have added Napoli’s monster defender eho they signed from Fenerbahce and made an huge impact both serie A and champions league Kim Min-Jae. He was at beijing guoan just two years ago.

[@davidbowie5023]

Meanwhile, in Ireland, our football is still on the development that we have been forced to let our players to play in England. I wonder when will Alfie make a video about best Irish footballers who did not play in England throughout their career.

[@zaphster11]

IRISH FOOTBALL

[@elliotstone2764]

If you even try to claim grealish and rice are Irish you’re deluded

[@davidbowie5023]

@@elliotstone2764 We do not want to. We are talking about Irish players who do not play in England for the entire career.

[@thetechnerd7467]

Is football even popular in Ireland?

[@davidbowie5023]

@@thetechnerd7467 It is popular. The most popular alongside rugby. But yeah we are quite sporadic in appearances.

[@nicocorbo4153]

is the possessive of Martinez "Martinez's" ? it sounds kinda funny tbh

[@Joe-dz3tf]

This guy speaks in 0.75x

[@douglasharley2440]

lol, i had always read you channel name as "HITC Stevens", so thanks for the correction! 🤦‍♂

[@michaelosgood9876]

Anchor 😆😆😆! The other word may well have applied, in that case. Happy for Tim Cahill getting his big payday, being from down near here

[@michaelosgood9876]

The other word being banker!

[@theawfulgambler]

“Genuinely last in all senses” 😂

[@athosgomesfonseca]

Alfie, you should play at Nostradamus and do a video predicting the next 7-YEARS of the English game and 70-YEARS of the world game using such failed leagues, extinct clubs, and the ongoing corruption of football across all levels and institutions to see what conclusions you arrive at, the predictions taking on a parody and satire of the present and past state of football. Personally, my predictions for the next 7-years of the English pyramid will see the consolidation of minor clubs and cities within the Premiership as reform within England sees the game receive its first top level revision in over 150-years as lessons from VAR and such other technologies evolve the game to its highest ever level to the present ahead of eSports explosive growth within football alongside the classic game and its many variations establishing further links between communities and clubs truly making the beautiful game a global carnival/circus for the ages. Globally, African and Asian World Cup winners coming in the next few decades without a doubt, and possibly a North American nation winning it, too will mean that with virtually all continents being Champions and Australia knocking on that same door, inside 70-years the European financial monopoly will be a distant and embarrassing memory as the integrity of the game is won back along its credibility from the clutches of capitalism and is returned to the people as once giants and unknowns compete consistently elevating the game everywhere. Brazil and Italy will win more cups, too, with France still favorites to the become the de factor world factory of footballers as they have too great a head start on everyone else NOT TO dominate for the next three, maybe more decades, and while they won’t win everything, we will probably get tired of seeing France in the top 3/4 with the sort of consistency that sees Mbappe collect Ballon D’Ors followed by more French nationals over the next two decades in Messi and Ronaldo-saque fashion. Oh, and City and PSG might NOT win the European Cup neither with Napoli going on to win the next 5 matching Madrid’s early years dominance. lol

[@KingChris-em3pn]

City won it 🎉

[@ezakielvandamme150]

the way you talk ill have a grandchild before the vid ends

[@arzhi_azis]

Day 389: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them.

[@davekorus]

Shut yo irrelevant Indonesian ass up

[@hi-rr2vm]

Keep dreaming bocah

[@angievlogs3407]

Still can’t win an AFF Championship anyways.

[@bewm]

Tim Cahills a fucking icon over here, grew up with nothing and overcame a lot. Good on him for exploiting the Qataris and taking as much from them as he can, deserves it. Would never normally comment like this, but can only take so many unwarranted cracks at my literal childhood hero hahaha

[@gijsw8681]

A lot of these are south americans and portugese going at a fairly young age, cashing in a heap and going back to the club/country where they played or are born at a late age, smart if u ask me

[@soundscape26]

Hummm... I don't think there was a single Portuguese on this list...

[@2010lou]

Jonathan Viera as well

[@nicocorbo4153]

8:07 who is the guy in the background. looks just like Lautaro

[@CasualFootballGamer]

Denis Suarez I think

[@nicocorbo4153]

@@CasualFootballGamer thanks

[@thetechnerd7467]

You forgot Carrasco

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

Oscar torpedoed his career moving to China

[@hoze1235]

At least he is set for life

[@soundscape26]

@@hoze1235 He would be set the same if he remained in Europe.

[@mirumishra5345]

I jst cant understand hulk decisions

[@helmyfahrizal3161]

Money

[@giodhuha6771]

Alfie, i really hope and wish you will make some videos about women's football especially England Lionesses.

[@nathanb286]

Mason Greenwood still wants to go to China

[@HeroYMR]

Send him to north Korea

[@grahamrobb9773]

@@HeroYMR 👍

[@soundscape26]

18 hours a day working on videos? Watch out for that life/work balance Alfie.

[@noeldhaouadi3120]

Where is freddy guarin

[@aidanogley7487]

Where was frank acheampong

[@Jj_2723]

Money money money that’s all some footballers see

[@giancarlotorres3520]

I miss the Chinese super league 😞

[@nas84payne]

Just goes to show you can throw all the money in the world, but means nothing without a proper football culture.

[@monkeymagicfingers]

The video sounded interesting but I honestly couldn’t take the fella who was talking

[@yourdadhasadogfilter2505]

The Carrasco sale and resigning might be money laundering 😅

[@ayochill9716]

You should really do time stamps in these since you ramble so much and stretch the videos out.

[@vachju]

Christiano Ronaldo will be the next great signing for chinese super league

[@wlrwilly]

Crazy how big of a downfall CSL has had

[@abbey7498]

FREDY Guarin???

[@ShazilKhan-sv1fw]

Javier mascherano

[@Zpice]

Surprised no one mentioned him

[@antonioemilio9932]

Only Alfie will randomly pronounce Teixeira properly and butcher everything else lmao. No way Teixeira is the easiest name out of all the players and teams you've mentioned.

[@dtn_yt6149]

Came in at 19 mins

[@amaannajmi7658]

This man talks, I think I'm going to miss my train. Why is he so slow???

[@Darth_CeeZeR]

Chinese Super League collapse was seen since they started signing so many players for all that money lol.

[@napoleondiepri]

2:38 so called golden generation, lmaoo

[@domsimms1]

Is it true that HITC stands for Hi I’m Twinkle Cat?

[@bayokoebi9351]

China has the money and resources to keep any players of their choice maybe they want to focus on building their local players

[@culguyvegeta]

Why does this man talk like that ?

[@shakiMiki]

Stop calling your videos documentary. Love documentary produced.

[@jamesblake44]

Do this with the Saudi league just for shits and giggles

[@user-te1le7ck6b]

Stephan El Shaarawy been around since forever , dont really think his that good either

[@kole081]

BAKAMBU VILLAREAL

[@biaxjohn22]

Im coming here bcoz of saudi pro league... 😂😂😂... This two league is for player that has to settle thier dept or bankruptcy...

[@axxessmundi]

Lol....not even MLS want Pato.

[@xbrdyen9845]

brazilian DNA lmao

[@nicholasfarrer1032]

Lol

[@semuaorgtau]

Look like CCP want to go world cup will be totally gone.

[@jimmyoh1982]

Chinese farm league this name better suits them.