Buenos aires, to begin the new year in shanghai, apparently becoming the worlds highest paid footballer. £32 million a season in the csl, its rumoured. Trevor watkins, a sports lawyer whos worked in china, told me these deals will force the world to pay attention. We have a situation where the csl is commanding the way in which the Transfer Market is moving. They are the ones with the big money, the ones prepared to put it down on the table. They have a slightly different Transfer Window to european football, and arguably they are distorting, or actually advancing the european market. Consider oscar, 25, at his peak, and leaving chelsea tojoin a different shanghai side. So, are chinese clubs now a threat to the Premier League . Sam allardyce said today hed rejected a chance to manage in china, but thinks more players will go there. With their population and the fact that the people will go out and watch football at that level, only time will tell whether its the right thing to do or n