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Chinese teenagers train with Dutch club Vitesse(Reuters)Updated: 2006-11-22 17:09 Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem have invited two unheralded Chinese teenagers for a week-long trial, local media reported on Wednesday. Yu Hai, a 19-year-old left midfielder for Chinese Super League club Xian United, and Xu Qing, a 19-year-old striker for Hubei Wuhan, arrived in Arnhem to train with Vitesse this week, Chinese news portal Sina.com said. "We have been looking at these two players for quite a long time," Sina.com quoted Vitesse manager Jan Streuer as saying. "If they can pass the trial, we would definitely take the negotiations further," Streuer said. Streuer said Vitesse had been inspired to bring in Chinese talent after a friendly match between the Dutch club and Wuhan when the Chinese club visited in 2004. The two teams' home towns, Arnhem and Wuhan, were twin cities, the report said. Hubei Wuhan also have a partnership with English Premier League club Bolton Wanderers to develop football in Wuhan, capital of China's central Hubei province and a major industrial hub on the banks of the Yangtze river.
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