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Sergio Agà¼ero may be one of the greatest strikers of his generation, but he won an even rarer accolade in 2015, when he became the first - and last - Premier League footballer to take a selfie with Xi Jinping, China's football-loving leader. The photo, taken at Manchester City's stadium - with then prime minister David Cameron - comes from an era when Xi was fostering warm relations with the UK and pushing China to become a world football superpower by 2050, both ambitions that seem distant possibilities today. In 2016, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) unveiled a plan to…
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