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Originally Posted by ukhotstove
Maybe be big in Japan but nobody outside Japan takes it serious, I know part of it was due to injury but look at the flack Lineker took for going to Japan.
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That was 14 years ago, and the source of the flack wasn't the names of the teams, but that Lineker had joined a sub-standard league, presumably for the money.
I agree with sdpm - a league can't be truly successful until it is capable of bringing through it's own domestic talent and competing on the international stage, club or country. It can't attract world class superstars at their peak, but if Ronaldo or Beckham would give a profile boost, then fine.