Bundesliga: Bayern Munich will open a "football school" in the Chinese city of Shenzen

FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) will open a "football school" in the city of Shenzen (population: 12 million), in southeast China, in partnership with Shenzhen Investment Holdings Company, a public group partly owned by the city of Shenzhen and China Sports Futurity, a Chinese agency specialising in sports, the Bavarian club announced on 30/03/2017.

The football school will welcome the youth of Shenzhen, which will be supervised by local educators trained by Bayern Munich. Club trainers will frequently come to the site and there will be exchanges with internships in Munich for young players and for Chinese educators.

"Our goal is clear-cut. We aim to reinforce and promote FC Bayern's presence and values in China in the coming years. Our FC Bayern Football School Shenzhen is a marker for the implementation of our international strategy in China," said Jörg Wacker, executive board member in charge of the internationalisation and strategy of FC Bayern Munich AG.

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