Tuesday 14 February 2017 11:31, UK
Chinese giants Guangzhou Evergrande aim to have no foreigners in their team by 2020.
Evergrande have won the Chinese Super League for the last six season, plus the AFC Champions League in 2013 and 2015.
Spending on foreign players by Chinese clubs has rocketed in the last few seasons, with Carlos Tevez and Oscar now among the best-paid players in the world.
Evergrande boss Xu Jiayin, a property tycoon, says paying massive wages are not sustainable, adding that hiring foreign players will not help the Chinese national team.
"In my view, the ideal all-Chinese squad for Evergrande is composed of a top world manager and all native players," he said.
"Our purpose... is to contribute to the development of Chinese football and all our work needs to be focused on this."
Chinese football authorities have already said they would rein in transfer fees and cap wages, while cutting the number of foreign players each team can use from four per match to three.
Xu added: "Our revenue comes mainly from ticket sales, which are not good enough to cover our expenses, and we have to run the club as a business.
"We need to increase our earnings through player exchanges and build up the team through young player training instead of buying."
Evergrande currently have five foreign players in their squad: Colombia's Jackson Martinez, Brazilians Ricardo Goulart, Paulinho and Alan, and Kim Young-Gwon of South Korea.
Their manager is ex-Brazil, Portugal and Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari, who took over in 2015.
