Sparta Rotterdam secures China football training deal

Lanwa International Holding Group, a Chinese real estate company, has announced  the partnership agreement on youth training program between its Dongguan Lanwa  FC and Dutch Eredivisie B side Sparta Rotterdam.

Under the agreement the sides will collaborate  in football talents cultivation, output and exchange. And matches are also concluded  in the contract.

The Dutch second tier football club opened  a training class for Chinese youth football at Guangzhou Football Training  Base with three coaches of Sparta Rotterdam taking part in. The class, part of  the program, aims at fostering future youth football trainers for China.

Dongguan Lanwa FC, a subsidiary of Lanwa  International Holding Group, has been a brand concentrating on youth football  training since 2008 when they quitted the Hong Kong First Division League.  

The Guangdong-base football brand is  reportedly in long-term partnership with Spanish football Giants Real Madrid  FC.  

Sparta Rotterdam, launched in 1888, is the  oldest professional football team in the Netherlands.