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Jiangsu Suning fans tell Inter Milan president Steven Zhang to ‘Get out of China’
- Supporters of disbanded Chinese Super League champions express fury at Inter Milan president Steven Zhang after Serie A title
- Suning, which also owns Italian giants Inter, pulled funding from China side before season started
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While Inter Milan supporters have been celebrating the team’s Italian Serie A title, football fans in China have expressed their anger at the club’s owners and telling them to get out of China.
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Suning, which took a majority stake in the Italian giants in 2016, was also the owner of Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning, who won the CSL title last November.
However, the retail giant decided to pull investment from the Chinese champions in the close season and with the club failing to find new funding it ceased to exist.
Jiangsu fans took to China’s Twitter-like Weibo to express their feelings to Inter chairman Steven Zhang – son of Suning boss Zhang Jindong.
The Inter president told of his joy at Inter securing the title on Sunday after rivals Atalanta failed to win.
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“Inter win the Serie A title,” he wrote. “We never gave up even at a time when the pandemic was still ongoing! These are the Nerazzurri colours. They bring us hope and light. We can be proud to say, FC Internazionale Milano, we are champions!”
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