8 years not 10 and nothing particularly dodgy just ultimately ineffective and costly. Fosun basically wanted to use Gestifute/Mendes to fasttrack success. Nothing that any other club could not have done. Then the Chinese govt clamped down on flow of money overseas, Fosun changed to a strategy of balancing the p & l with as little investment as possible, hence our slide back to relegation candidates.
Plus, as much as we got Nuno, Neves, Moutinho and Patricio, Neto et al, you end up with an ever decreasing pool of players to move around Gestifute associated clubs, so get the flotsam.