More pain for Chinese Super League clubs as CFA prepares to implement 18-point plan to clean up the game’s image

Chinese soccer clubs are set to be hit with a further blow next week when a raft of regulations aimed at cleaning up the league’s image is brought in as a part of sweeping changes hastily introduced by the governing body.

The new regulations are part of an 18-point plan that the Chinese Football Association will announce next week, according to reports in China.

The measures were discussed yesterday at the 10th session of the Chinese Football Association in Wuhan, Hubei province.

Yu Hongchan, executive director of the CFA, said the measures would be introduced to “fight against irrational consumption and to clean up the image of the Chinese Super League.”