After the sale to China, the old GC no longer exists | NZZ

“After 17 years of unsuccessful searches, Grasshopper Fussball AG has found new donors. Hong Kong’s Champion Union HK Holdings Limited takes over the majority of the shares – and immediately changes the management. GC now has a survival perspective, but faces a future that is one thing above all: unknown.”

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Traditional football club GC is sold to China | finews.ch

“After a long search, the owners of the Grasshoppers football club found a buyer: the wife of Fosun owner Guo Guangchang took over the majority of the withering club from Zurich. She buys a club that is on the ground.

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Hong Kong-based Jenny Wang’s Champion Union takes over 90 percent of the shares owned by Stüber and Anliker. Wang is the wife of Guo Guangchang, whose Fosun Group already owns the English association Wolverhampton Wanderers.”

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Waiting for the ‘yes’ from China | Tages-Anzeiger

“The Grasshoppers are about to be sold to the Chinese investment company Fosun – they can use it to secure their future. But is that really a good deal?”

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