On the football pitch vans sk8 hi slim pas cher , the Italians are known for a slow, tactical style that, while effective, can bore an opponent into submission. Off the pitch, it may also be a similar story.


Rumors about a Chinese bid for AC Milan have been dragging on for over a year with flexible deadlines passing without incident.


While Chinese and Italian -tabloids have delighted in quoting each -other's speculation vans sk8 hi slim noir , as if that somehow gives their respective reports more credibility, a veritable laundry list of Chinese entrepreneurs has been dredged up in a quest to put a name to the now common "mysterious -Chinese consortium."


Suning's Zhang Jindong was initially mentioned before his company's deal to purchase a majority share in cross-town rivals Inter Milan was finalized, as was Jack Ma, no doubt due to Alibaba's Guangzhou Evergrande connections, though the story that Hong Kong real estate tycoon Li Ka-shing was also interested was perhaps the most far-fetched of all.


Fueled by a running commentary from the club's holding company Fininvest who have been only too happy to stoke the media's flames vans sk8 hi blanche cuir , reports have closed in on Baidu's Robin Li combining with Evergrande to purchase a 70-80% stake in AC Milan with an option to buy the rest over the coming years, at a valuation of around 750 million euros.


Fininvest owner and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday that the buyers had also promised significant investment in order to bring the glory days back to the club. If true, it's the latest move in a widespread battle of one-upmanship played out among China's elite, with the latest bidders not only taking a larger stake in Milan than Suning took in Inter, but purchasing a club that is worth more and has won seven European CupChampions League titles to Inter's three.


This truly is the "new normal" of China's expanding football industry.


An Evergrande spokesperson summed it up when he said his firm had been linked with at least "a dozen" companies in the past year. Chinese companies vans sk8 hi cuir noir , he added, have been very active in the global football industry, and with Evergrande being among the better-known Chinese companies abroad, speculators have frequently put two and two together - usually coming up with five or more.


While this ongoing saga does now seem to be finally reaching its conclusion, the only certainty is that the next round of rumor-mongering will soon begin in earnest.

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a Women's History Month reception at the White House in Washington March 16 vans sk8 hi cuir , 2016. REUTERSJonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to lay out his vision for U.S.-Cuba relations in a major speech during next week's historic visit to Havana aimed at making his opening to America’s former Cold War foe “irreversible,” the White House said on Wednesday.


Previewing Obama’s three-day trip, U.S. deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes expressed hope that Tuesday’s scheduled “speech to the Cuban people” would be broadcast throughout the island and said Cuba’s Communist government had not raised any objections to doing so.


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Obama, who will be the first U.S. president to visit Cuba in 88 years, arrives on Sunday and holds talks on Monday with Cuban President Raul Castro, followed by what Rhodes described as a joint “press event” and a state dinner.


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“If there are any impediments to that meeting we would be very clear about this,” Rhodes said. He declined to name any of those who would attend.


Obama will arrive just days after unveiling sweeping new measures to make it far easier for Americans to visit Cuba and for the island’s government to conduct international trade.


Obama’s critics have accused him of giving up too much in return for too little from Cuban leaders and of now taking a premature "victory lap.”


The Obama administration insists that engagement will benefit the Cuban people and open up the island to U.S. business – though Cuban leaders have been slow to make economic reforms. At the same time, the decades-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba remains, with little chance Congress will lift it anytime soon.


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“We very much want to make the process of normalization irreversible,” he told reporters on a conference call.


Obama’s aides hope that getting more U.S companies invested in Cuba and loosening up travel to the island will make it almost impossible for traditionally pro-business Republicans to roll back the thaw if they win the White House in November.


Traveling with first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia, the president plans to start his visit late on Sunday with a tour of the cultural sites of Old Havana. He will also meet Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who played a key role in the U.S.-Cuba diplomatic breakthrough in December 2014 vans old skool bordeaux , at Havana's cathedral, Rhodes said.


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