As one who both sends and receives emails to several Chinese friends, I am aware of the great interest shown in Dundee F.C., the city itself, our culture and our country. These people are only too interested and want to learn as much as they can from us.

Fan Zhiyi and his Missus

The club are planning to open a Chinese language website with an online shop where Chinese fans all over the world can purchase goods.

In today's Courier club co-ordinator Dario Magri said: "Around 200 million people watched the press conference when we signed Fan and while only 2% of Chinese are on the web, that still means (potentially) 26 million people could log on to the new website."