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Jonathan White

Chinese Super League champions Jiangsu FC have ceased operations, owners Suning announced on Sunday, with the news sure to be a source of great embarrassment to China’s football authorities.
The club, which the retail giant bought in 2015, will also cease operation of its women’s team who won the 2019 Chinese Women’s Super League, and youth teams. Reports from China had suggested that the club’s demise was imminent.
The news comes after Suning announced that they would be moving away from their non-retail businesses, with owner Zhang Jindong telling employees after the Lunar New Year holiday blaming Covid-19.
Owners Suning had put the CSL team up for sale for a single cent, though any owner would have to take on the debt, while reports in Chinese media said they hoped for the local government to bail the champions out.

Official: Suning Group announce all their football clubs(in China), including the CSL reigning champion Jiangsu FC(formerly Suning), the Women's CSL powerhouse Jiangsu Suning Women's(2019 WCSL champion) and youth teams of all levels, 'cease operation from today'. pic.twitter.com/BSv2I5V2bf
— Titan Sports Plus (@titan_plus) February 28, 2021

Suning are still looking for new owners for the team that was crowned champions in November last year, the statement said
Another CSL team will have to take their place in the AFC Champions League. Fellow CSL side Shandong Luneng had already been disqulafied for the coming campaign by the AFC meaning only two of China’s original four qualifiers will take part.
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Jiangsu FC – formerly Jiangsu Suning until the Chinese FA introduced a new rule on corporate naming this year – was but a small part of the company’s football interests.
These also included television rights for the English Premier League, Italy’s Serie A and the Chinese top flight through PPTV.
The deals for the English Premier League and Serie A have since been disputed, with a fight over the EPL going to the UK courts.
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Worryingly for Inter Milan fans is that Suning also own the Italian Serie A leaders. Reports that they have been looking for investment in the club have increased in recent weeks.
Italian media has reported that Suning may be forced to give up the club.


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(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 24, 2020 a television broadcast camera operator works ahead of the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England. - The Premier League announced on September 17, 2020, that it had agreed a new broadcast deal in China for the rest of the season with Tencent Sports. The previous agreement with PPTV was terminated after a dispute over a missed payment. Viewers in China will have access to all the remaining 372 matches of England's top-flight football league from this weekend, the league said. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in bet

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Supporters of Inter Milan react during the International Champions Cup football match between AC Milan and Inter Milan in Shenzhen in 2015. Photo: AFP

(160606) -- NANJING, June 6, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Suning Sports Group Vice President Gong Lei(R) and Inter Milan Vice President Javier Zanetti hold the jerseys at a news conference in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, June 6, 2016. China's retail giant Suning Group has owned a 70 percent stake in Italian football club Inter Milan, a deal worth 270 million euros, Suning Group announced here on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)(wll)

(201114) -- BEIJING, Nov. 14, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Players of Jiangsu Suning celebrate on the trophy ceremony after the 20th round match between Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao and Jiangsu Suning at 2020 season Chinese Football Association Super League (CSL) Suzhou Division in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 12, 2020. Jiangsu Suning won its first CSL title after a 2-1 victory over defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

Suning's Chairman Zhang Jindong attends a news conference with Chinese retailer Suning and Italy's Inter Milan in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China June 6, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song

epa07902265 Inter's head coach Antonio Conte (R) reacts during the Italian serie A soccer match between FC Inter and Juventus FC at Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy, 6 October 2019. EPA-EFE/MATTEO BAZZI

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