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Home And Away | Top referee Mark Clattenburg should book Chinese Super League for trying to buy credibility

Could a move to cashed-up China be on the cards for the man just adjudged the world’s best officiator?

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The Chinese Super League is hoping to lure referee Mark Clattenburg. Photo: Reuters

The Globe Soccer Award is probably the biggest football gong you have never heard about.

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It’s the showcase event at the annual International Sports Conference of Dubai, an event the average football fan might also be unaware of, even though it is in its 11th year.

The jamboree of “a great many eminent personalities, including presidents, referees, managers, agents and world famous soccer players” takes place the week between Christmas and New Year. Maybe that’s the reason for the mass ignorance.

Mark Clattenburg officiates a game between Burnley and Stoke City. Photo: Reuters
Mark Clattenburg officiates a game between Burnley and Stoke City. Photo: Reuters

This week, among the guest luminaries was the “world’s greatest referee”, Englishman Mark Clattenburg.

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He was invited to receive the Globe Soccer Award for his achievements, his high standards and his authority on the field of play.

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