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Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City are expected to be the busiest Premier League clubs in a convoluted summer transfer market, according to top football agent Jon Smith. The director of player representation agency First Artist believes there will be a flurry of activity before the European Championships as the Premier League pays its clubs earlier than usual.Smith expects the middle clubs to be more prudent and protect their balance sheets in the hope of considerable investment from emerging markets around the world, notably China, who are changing world football in more ways than one. He told Sky Sports News HQ: The interesting thing is that the Premier League have decided to pay the clubs earlier this year, partly, I guess, because of the European Championships.Its going to be a bit convoluted. What will happen is youll have a spree and then a decline of activity as people wait for the European Championships, and then it will pick up again towards the end of July. Jackson Martinez, in Atletico Madrid, was one of several high profile players to join the Super League this season Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City will be the busiest I suspect. Of the ones coming up, probably Middlesbrough. The rest will be prudent. Its about the valuations of football clubs and how people want to build their businesses, not just about success on the field any more.You have the top five, six clubs very well organised and well owned, and then you have a number of very interested parties around the world looking at Premier League clubs at potential investments.So the clubs in the middle - for example Stoke, West Brom, Swansea and Southampton to a lesser degree - are going to look at their balance sheets and not want to degrade those by overly spending too early with player commitments on their books. They want to keep their books in good shape just in case one of these high-net-worths come up.China have exploded onto the football player market in recent months, with its Super League clubs signing world stars in their prime including Jackson Martinez, Ramires and Alex Teixeira.But Smith says Chinese investors are actively looking to invest in Premier League and Championship clubs and make English football richer via revenue streams from the Far East. Jon Smith is director and agent at First Artist representation agency He said: We got very close with a Championship club with some Chinese individuals. It didnt quite happen but the main income stream was to come from China. The UK income stream was just consequential to wash its face.Theres a huge market in China and dont discount other markets like India. Its not there yet; cricket is still the number one sport but football is catching on. Those markets are going to become more important to our Premier League and Championship over the coming years.The home, base market has to be nurtured. We cant have empty stadiums. Theres a great argument for decreasing ticket prices as income from around the world increases. But the market for saleability and profit is going to come from other corners of the world such as America and Asia. Also See: Transfer Centre Latest transfer news Transfer betting Paper Talk Official Air Max 2018 Shoes . During the athletes parade, the 23-strong Ukrainian team was represented by a lone flagbearer in an apparent protest at the presence of Russian troops in Ukraines Crimean peninsula. Cheap Air Max 2018 Shoes . The Canadian squad, skipped by Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, got on the board first with two in the second end, and followed that with two more apiece in the fourth and sixth ends. http://www.discountairmax.com/ . JOHNS, N. Authentic Air Max 2018 . 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It went off the top edge and was heading over the boundary when our deep-midwicket fielder launched himself in the air and took a stunning diving catch right in front of the pavilion.As Botham walked off, he said to the fielder, People have come here to watch me bat, not to watch you take great catches.Viv hit the most sublime hundred, off 50 or 60 balls. Lots of sixes. All the bowlers went for plenty. He kept hitting it over the scoreboard and into the 2nd-team ground, where people had parked their cars.The crowd were enjoying watching him bat, so thought Id float a few up to see how far he could hit it.When Viv had 60-odd, he miscued one straight down long-offs throat, but the fielder went with such hard hands that it must have bounced about four feet out of his hands and over the boundary for four.After Viv got his hundred, I was back on again, bowling the same rubbish spin, and Viv, by this time, had decided hed had enough.dddddddddddd So he hits one straight up in the air towards long-off, straight to the same fielder and starts walking off. Unfortunately, our man never looked like catching it. So next ball, Viv tries it again. This time the fielder ran the wrong way and the ball went for four. Everyone just fell about laughing. Viv turned to our wicketkeeper. Is there anyone in this team who can catch? he asked.Botham and Richards almost didnt turn up in time for the game. They had gone to the pub down the road for a few pre-match beers. When they got to the ground, they asked for two pints of Guinness to be sent into the dressing room. There they were, two cricket legends, dipping sausage rolls in the beer and eating them.It was an incredible experience. They were two of the very best cricketers in the world at the time. Botham hit it hard, but Viv hit it harder - timed it rather than smashed it.Ive played against some pretty good club and minor county players, but the difference with those two was the time that they had to play the shots; so much more than anybody else youll ever see. ' ' '