Interviewed by the club official broadcast, Tianjin Quanjian owner, Shu Yuhui, stated: “If the rule had been ‘4 +1’ as in the past, then we would have made a big investment this year, but now it seems to be changed to three. This situation has brought a change to our signing plans. The online reports about Costa, it’s true we’d like him, and we made an offer for Cavani and were deep in negotiations.
Mendes came to my home a few days ago, and we also had ideas about Costa, but in the process were ready to sign two players. The contracts were done, the price was good: they are Falcao and Raul Jimenez. We continue to wait and suffer, but at the end of the day we’ll get someone. We have targeted a lot of strikers, and made an offer for Benzema, but with this policy change, we are very helpless”.
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