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Premier League probes possible Chinese-state influence in Southampton

Owner Southampton

Getty Images | The Premier League is looking into the Chinese ownership of Southampton. in 2017 Gao Jisheng, here with Chairman Ralph Krueger (L), took over Southampton via a company with same name as a China-based business

Southampton-owner Gao Jisheng sold shares in his Chinese company to the Chinese state.

Premier League concerned that the UK company owning Southampton is linked to Jisheng’s Chinese firm.

10 April 2019 - 12:05 PM

By Nikolaj Babis Nielsen

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