STRASBOURG, France - Metz on Friday signed an agreement with Chinese group Derui, the French first division club announced on its website on Tuesday.
The Derui group, which deals with hospitals, schools, construction, real estate and transport, has agreed to contribute five percent of Metz's club capital.
At the same time, Metz will help Chinese youngsters enter their training programme.
The agreement is just the latest Metz have signed with Asia, having also agreed partnerships with the football federations of Sichuan Province, Qatar and last September, South Korea.
05/24/2005 16:29 GMT