Chelsea have agreed to work with the Asian Football Confederation on their grassroots development programme in China.Chief executive Peter Kenyon signed an exclusive deal with AFC president Mohamed bin Hammam which will see the Premiership champions support the confederation´s ´Vision China´ project. The project is part of the ´Vision Asia´ plan implemented by Hammam in 2002 and is currently running in seven nations across the confederation´s 46 member countries."This is the first time ever a club from Europe has introduced itself to Asia as a developer of football in Asia and to help out Asian football along with our coaches, leagues and referees," said Hammam. "I´m very proud to have signed with Chelsea a memorandum of understanding and Chelsea is going to support Vision Asia."
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