Chinese Super League News
Leagues around Asia have been hit by the outbreak, with the Chinese Super League yet to start and Japan`s J-League halted after one round of games.
A solitary goal from Leo Baptistao was enough to earn Wuhan all three points and keep Li Tie`s side in sixth place in the standings, while Dalian dropped to eighth with six rounds of the season remaining.
Second-half goals from Elkeson and Yang Liyu in the top-of-the-table clash earned Guangzhou the three points after Beijing`s Zhang Yuning had cancelled out Paulinho`s opener for the visitors.
The 29-year-old returns to the club where he won three Chinese Super League titles and two Asian Champions League crowns in a three-year spell from 2013 before signing for SIPG at the start of 2016, where he won the league title last season.
Gabriel Paletta`s own goal gave Tianjin hope but a second from Teixeira 14 minutes from fulltime meant Johnathan`s 90th-minute goal was little more than a consolation.
Arsene Wenger will not be taking over at Shandong Luneng when he leaves Arsenal at the end of the English Premier League season, the Chinese Super League club announced on Tuesday.
In China, the 33-year-old will link up with Argentine compatriot Ezequiel Lavezzi at a side coached by former Real Madrid and Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini.
According to reports by Marca, the two parties made a deal that will see the Argentina international depart for China for 10 million euros ($11.83 m) in the second half of January
Paulinho has been in sublime form this year, scoring 12 goals in 29 matches for his club across all competitions.
Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Paulinho, meanwhile, admitted to Brazilian publication Globo Esporte that the Catalans had been in contact with his representatives.
Oscar, who was not booked at the time of the scrap, is one of the most high-profile players in the Chinese Super League (CSL) after he joined SIPG for an Asian-record 60 million euros this season.
Oscar lost his cool at the end of the first half , just moments after assisting his compatriot Hulk to make it 1-1 at the Yuexiushan Stadium.
Brazilian international Oscar moved to Shanghai SIPG for 60 million euros ($67 million) as Chinese clubs splashed an unprecedented 388 million euros the January-February window.
Rooney, who last month became United`s record scorer on 250 goals, trained at the club`s Carrington complex on Tuesday, before the 20-man party left for France where they will defend a 3-0 first-leg lead against Ligue 1 side St Etienne.
Former Chelsea manager Mourinho said he was "worried" about the prospect of losing players to China and urged them to think about more than money.
Shanghai Shenhua signed Argentine striker Carlos Tevez for a reported 84 million euros, but Toure said money was not everything to him.
The 33-year-old is said to have been the subject of interest from China last year.
Chinese Super League teams will be able to field no more than three foreigners in a match when the new 2017 season begins in March.
Earlier Chinese teams broke the Asian transfer record four times in an acquisition spree that outstripped even the mega-rich English Premier League.
Jorge Mendes said the deal would have been worth 100 million Euros a year to the Portugal striker.
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