In January 2016, the Chinese Super League set three new transfer records in the space of ten days, with the arrival of Ramires, Jackson Martinez, and Alex Teixeira - the last of whom had been sought after by Premier League giants in Liverpool and Chelsea.
Two of those three transfers, including Teixeira, were signed by Jiangsu Suning, who spent more than €100 million that transfer window, in a bid to challenge the likes of Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai SIPG, and Hebei China Fortune.
Jiangsu Suning were dissolved in 2020, immediately after winning the Chinese Super League, and Guangzhou Evergrande and Hebei China Fortune got relegated in 2022 - so in this documentary, HITC Sevens takes a look at the rise and fall of the Chinese Super League, the league's biggest and richest clubs, and the reasons behind it.
