Hulk Breaks Chinese Transfer Record with Move to SIPG
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This transfer is the new Chinese Super League record and the highest fee paid so far in the 2016 summer transfer market.
Hulk (who has a cannon for his left foot) will be earning €20m / year and is the highest paid football player in China at the moment.
His previous transfer from Porto to Zenit St. Petersburg in 2012 was a heavy one also, worth €60m.
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The Chinese Super League is putting itself on the map with every new marquee signing. In the last year alone several big players have made a move out east: Ramires, Teixeira, Lavezzi, Jackson Martinez and Gervinho to name a few. The Chinese clubs have so far spent in excess of €270m on foreign stars this season.
The old CSL transfer record, €50m Alex Teixeira move to JS Suning, was set not long ago and the way things are progressing it is very possible that there will be a new record set again soon.
The CSL's profile is growing quickly at home and abroad.
Who will be the next to sign?