French outlet Foot Mercato: PPBond, a company owned by TY, had acquired French third-tier club Dunkirk for a reported €4.5 million.
Official: United Youth Training Group and Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan had signed an agency agreement. UAG (United Youth Training Group) would handle all agency work for youth players at Luneng Football School, including the Luneng youth teams.
After news of UAG's partnership with Gen.G emerged, many fans thought Tang Ye was giving up football to move into esports management. But after all the twists and turns, they discovered that football was still the core goal.
As the first Chinese Super League club to partner with UAG, Shandong Taishan's management was certainly under considerable pressure. They knew they had to choose between Tang Ye and the Football Association. Since they believed Tang Ye could succeed, they might as well get on board early and treat it as a gesture of goodwill.
In recent years, Tang Ye had kept his attention on Guangzhou, leaving Shandong Taishan, his former club, looking rather embarrassed!
Taishan would be the first to hop aboard the explosive cart of Golden Football 2.0 and give it a try!
The Sun — Bubble Bond planned to seek a secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this June. Meanwhile, UAG planned to complete preparations for its own listing before 2025.
Domestic sources: Tang Ye planned to send Luneng Football School players from U13 to U15 to France in batches for training at the youth academy of French third-tier side Dunkirk.
"Dunkirk was acquired by UAG's parent company PPBD as early as May 10. In addition, transportation for Luneng Football School will be handled by TAP Air Portugal, a PPBD sponsor, so sending these players abroad is considered a 'highly economical' plan."
"Even so, because Luneng