shurlock

Cabbage_Face = ITK

Indeed and that’s why he had to resort to elaborate offshore and presumably expensive financing arrangements to fund the purchase of the club. Even if the purchase is state-funded -no doubt of interest to PL authorities- and we accept Chadwick’s theory for the sponsorship deal, it doesn’t really lend support to those who believe its about getting a foothold in the infrastructure market (again no explanation why you need to buy a football club to do so - just ask Huawei). Rather Chadwick is speculating that something else is going on here, that sponsorship is ultimately about gaining control of PL and media distribution rights. Then again, Chadwick has taken the OS description of LD sports at face value and hasn’t interrogated the company’s absolute s**tshow of a backstory on its now defunct Chinese site.

It’s one academic speculating about the deal -and frankly his theory is bit of a reach.

Is Gary Dias still working with the kiddies at the Saints Academy? Like you, I hope the squirrel is OK.

The company logos and branding on the Chinese site are exactly the same as the English language site under construction. Which leads to the conclusion that it is either the same company with sites in Chinese and English or our friends and sponsors at ldsports.uk have stumbled on exactly the same logo and branding. If so, maybe the IP lawyers at ledong6666.com -I’m sure a company with 2000 employees has an in-house legal team- should be alerted to this

Anyone heard of Gary Dias? He’s the head of Ledong’s training and coaching schools and also supposedly works for the Saints Academy? https://www.ledong6666.com/wap/services/team.html

Bless.

Ledong Sports.

Everton at home?

Banc de Binary?

What’s the Lander contact?

LD sports claim to be providers of football coaching and training. The charitable interpretation is that the sponsorship deal ties into the owner’s plans to leverage saints reputation for youth development.

Not according to the OS. It suggests half of the first team squad is going to Macau; the other half will be going to Ireland.

On the main site, click on 关于乐东 ('about ledong' second tab at the top of the home page), then click on 公司简介 ('company introduction'). https://www.ledong6666.com/index/AboutLeDong/introduction.html You can google translate the rest. But it claims to having trained ten of thousands of youth footballers and football coaches and employ 2000 staff with its main centre in Southampton (总校南安普顿).

Goa loves your passion too pal.

But they claim that they’re already a famous brand in the UK and their main training centre is already in Southampton (wrong picture of Southampton mind you ). Something smells fishy or slightly hyperbolic.

This is why Goa decided to buy the club. It is why after a drab display against the worst side in the division, Goa doesn’t regret his decision in the slightest. Goa absolutely loves the passion.

They claim to be a famous UK sports education and training brand Supposedly their main football academy and training centre is in Southampton. I hope they’re paying upfront.

Not the same characters to start with: our sponsor is pronounced ledong 乐动 (enjoyment and movement)；your sweatshop is pronounced lidong 力动 (power and movement). All those characters and their variants are very common in China. 动 is frequently used by sports outfits. 乐 is a giveaway that the company is more involved in the entertainment and content side.

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Most of us could have played that pass.

Great goal. One man side today.

Can't tell which of these sides is top ten.

Never got over that Sunderland FA cup tie, did you?