Alex Teixeira and Jackson Martinez are the latest high-profile Premier League transfer targets to have left Europe for Far Eastern riches. They won't be the last.
U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump repeatedly barks it in his speeches. "We're losing to China." The outspoken populist billionaire fears the Asian nation's business dominance is outpunching that of the United States, while market shares around the world quiver when China's economy falters.
Now football's established nations are getting a taste of what it's like to look over your shoulder with trepidation at the world's most populous country.
Shakhtar Donetsk confirmed star attacker Alex Teixeira is set to join Jiangsu Suning on Thursday.