Hong Kong billionaire Carson Yeung, who hopes to complete his purchase of Birmingham City in the next three weeks, wants the Premier League club to spearhead a revolution in Chinese soccer, reports The Guardian. Yeung spoke of his vision of Birmingham helping to cure China's soccer ills. "Over the 10 years China has had its sports boosted, but there has been no development for football.

"So I would like to make my humble contribution... In the future when the team is stabilised, we will recruit Chinese players who have potential.

"My biggest wish is to bring in the English Premier League club to China, promote English professionalism and football concepts to the Chinese, and to let the Chinese know how an English football team is managed."