
World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi signs autographs for his Chinese fans after a training session with his team the Guangzhou Evergrande

Paraguayan football player Lucas Barrios (L) shows his new jersey as he poses with Guangzhou Evergrande team manager Liu Yongzhuo

China's Guangzhou Evergrande midfielder Dario Leonardo Conca celebrates

Didier Drogba of Chelsea applauds the fans

Former French international Nicolas Anelka from the Shanghai Shenhua club celebrating

Ex-Japan coach Takeshi Okada (L) holds a green football shirt with the number 99 as he poses with a Chinese official after signing a contract with China's Hangzhou Greentown club

Emirati Al-Dhafra club Brazilian coach Alexandre Guimaraes gestures

Werder Bremen's defender Per Mertesacker (L) and Bielefeld's Zambian forward Christopher Katongo vies for the ball

A delegation of the Chinese FA, led by General Secretary Wei Di, was at the Home of FIFA in Zurich on Friday 9 April 2010