 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumwaka wa19981999, Fan akaita misoro yenyika paakasiya Shanghai kuti ajoine First Division side Crystal Palace uko iye naSun Jihai vakava vatambi venhabvu vekutanga veChinese mumitambo yeChirungu. Fan akakurumidza kuzvisimbisa semutambi akakosha kuCrystal Palace uye aifarirwa zvikuru nevateveri nevashandi pamwe nekuhwina kirabhu vateveri vazhinji vatsva kudzoka kuChina. Akanga ariwo kaputeni weCrystal Palace kwechinguva uye akarova zvibodzwa zvakakosha zvekirabhu. Sezvo akatamba neCrystal Palace, Fan aizotambawo mu2000 AFC Asian Cupnokuda kwechikwata chenyika yeChina asati awana iye pachake mutambi wenhabvu weAsia wegore muna 2001. Mushure mekubatsira China kuti ikwanise kuenda ku2002 FIFA World Cup muna Gumiguru 2001, Fan akaendeswa kuScottish Premier League divi reDundee ne 350,000. Akakwanisa kunwisa Celtic mukurasikirwa ne31 nebhora rakanaka rekureba mushure mekuzvimisikidza zvakanaka mushure mekunge agamuchira pasi kubva kuNacho Novo. 