At six foot nine, Yang Changpeng is two inches taller than the England and Liverpool forward.

``I'd very much like to meet him while I'm here,'' Yang said Wednesday.

The 17-year-old Chinese player is in England for a tryout with Premier League club Bolton. Although Yang is unlikely to receive the work permit needed to play in England, Bolton manager Sam Allardyce is impressed with his height.

``Size is important in the Premiership these days, but size has got to have talent,'' Allardyce said.

Bolton signed a deal with Wuham FC in May to help develop the Chinese club's coaching methods and bring talented players to England.

``The size of the population says they must be producing some good players somewhere in the country to be capable of challenging for top-level football,'' Allardyce said.

Yang and 17-year-old midfielder Zhou Liao, both members of China's under-21 team, are the first Chinese players to come to Bolton for a trial _ but are unlikely to be the last.

``The Chinese league is growing ever faster by the season and no doubt they'll become a bigger force as time goes on,'' Allardyce said. ``If we can tap into that, then all the better.''

Yang and Zhou have had to adjust to life in the northwestern city of Bolton since arriving Monday.

``They've had a little bit of a problem with the diet and accepting some of the food,'' Bolton academy director Chris Sulley said. ``Out of politeness, where they were staying they weren't eating a great deal, and certainly the big lad takes some filling up. But the landlord said they must eat and now they have eaten them out of the house.''