China's richest man plans to launch a rival to the Champions League that will make Europe's top clubs even richer

Wang Jianlin, 61, owns the Dalian Wanda group, which is worth £20billion[CN]

现年61岁的大连万达集团董事长王健林身家达200亿

Dalian Wanda is talking with top European leagues about new competition[CN]

大连万达正与欧洲顶级联赛商讨新的赛事

'We want to ensure that Disney will not be able to make a profit in this sector in China for between 10 and 20 years,' Wang said[CN]

王健林说：“我们想要确保迪斯尼在未来10到20年间内无法在中国的足球领域获取利润”

Wang Jianlin is thought to be the richest Chinese person in the world[CN]

王健林被认为是世界上最富有的中国人

China's wealthiest man is throwing his massive fortune behind a plan to launch a rival to the Uefa Champions League and is offering to make Europe's top clubs even richer.[CN]

中国首富投入大量财富计划打造欧洲冠军联赛对手，欧洲顶级足球俱乐部将锦上添花。

Billionaire Wang Jianlin's company is said to be in talks with a number of top clubs about setting up a competition which would give even more money to top clubs like Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Juventus and Bayern Munich.  [CN]

亿万富翁王健林名下公司据称正与若干顶级俱乐部讨论赛事组建事宜，如若达成顶级足球俱乐部如曼联、皇家马德里、巴塞罗纳、切尔西、尤文图斯、拜仁慕尼黑将囊获可观收入。

The Financial Times said Dalian Wanda Group is said to be in talks with Uefa but is willing to set up a completely separate competition if negotiations break down.[CN]

金融时报报道大连万达集团据称正与欧洲冠军联赛进行对话，但其有意组建一项完全独立的赛事一旦谈判破裂。

Marco Bogarelli, strategic director of Wanda Sports Holding, said its aim was to get more teams from Europe's 'big five' TV markets - England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France - involved in the elite competition.[CN]

万达体育控股公司战略指导Marco Bogarelli表示其目的是为了吸引更多来自欧洲五大电视市场 - 英格兰、西班牙、意大利、德国和法国 - 的球队参与到精英赛事当中。

That would probably mean excluding teams from countries like Scotland, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland and Romania unless they can bring in significant revenue, like for example Glasgow Celtic.[CN]

那就可能意味着排除来自苏格兰、比利时、瑞典、瑞士和罗马尼亚等国家和地区的球队，除非他们可以像凯尔特人队一样带来可观收益。

Chinese companies have invested billions of pounds in recent years acquiring stakes in European football clubs and in the last 12 months Chinese clubs have also started buying up big-name players like Alex Teixiera, Jackson Martinez and Ezequiel Lavezzi.

China's President Xi Jinping is keen on making football-mad China a 'great sports nation' which could win the World Cup. China have not even qualified for the World Cup since 2002.

Mr Bogarelli said: 'Many talented players are deciding to play in Asia instead of coming to Europe.

'One day Asia will have the money for Cristiano Ronaldo to play there…It is in the common interest for these five leagues to have football growing in Europe [in order to] maintain its leadership.'

He said talks have begun with Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A, and there were plans to talk to England's Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga and France's Ligue 1 after the final of Euro 2016 on Sunday.