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Guangzhou to open academy in Spain

ASIAN Champions League title holder Guangzhou Evergrande is opening a youth training academy in Spain in a bid to lift the level of Chinese football.

The team said in a statement on its website yesterday that it would open the school in September in cooperation with European champion Real Madrid. It said 25 young players selected by Spanish coaches would be sent to the school each year. The club already operates a training academy in conjunction with Real near its home base in southern Guangdong Province with 2,000 students.




 

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