Catch a shooting star

The upcoming series will follow the fortunes of three young footballers trying to make it to the finals of the China Football Association Cup, the Chinese counterpart of Spain's Copa del Rey.

The series will be partially shot in Spain and will include many scenes shot at La Liga clubs and other well-known international football venues.

Whether the locations will include Santiago Bernabeu stadium or Camp Nou is anyone's guess, as the TV production company has yet to release more details, but the storyline will explain how the three Chinese footballers' destinies became tied with Spain.

And without naming names, Yang says that around 20 current and former football stars from La Liga will take part in the series, including several "football legends".

"The show will give Chinese fans an insight into the daily lives of the stars and a behind the scenes look at their training regimes," he says.