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New year, new rules

It wouldn’t be a new year without some new rules introduced by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) – although this time there is more support for the changes than has been the case in the past.

The big one is the introduction of a salary cap, but the number of foreign players allowed to sign and play for clubs has also been tweaked again, this time in an upwards direction. For the 2020 season, clubs can have six overseas players on their

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