Published: 6:39pm, 19 Jul, 2018 Updated: 6:39pm, 19 Jul, 2018
According to a new Nike commercial, China will be dominating the world of football by 2033. The apparel company's "Date To Become" ad, premiering on 19 July, features a player named Liu wearing a pair of limited-edition Nike boots. The ad also features youth players from the Nike League in Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai. On a YouTube version of the ad, Nike adds to the video the tagline: “a future where the greatest football player, long after Cristiano Ronaldo retires, is now Chinese."