By AFPMore by this AuthorSHANGHAIChinese Super League teams who evade the country's 100 percent levy on foreign player transfers face crippling point deductions under new measures aimed at plugging loopholes in the restrictions. The move would reportedly bring Bakambu to Beijing on a free transfer and sparked speculation that the FA would work to seal any cracks in the system exposed by the deal. The new announcement said the tightened rules were issued after "considering the realities that have emerged in the current process of registering player transfers," without elaborating. Bakambu and Beijing Guoan have largely kept quiet, although the club — coached by the German Roger Schmidt — previously told AFP that Bakambu left Villarreal "for personal reasons" and have pleaded ignorance about any deal. BBC Sport has previously quoted a figure close to Bakambu as saying that Guoan provided the funds to buy him from Villarreal.

Source: Daily Nation February 13, 2018 07:52 UTC