We may have reached peak Chinese league spending this morning with the new that Ezequiel Lavezzi have signed for Hebei China Fortune.
The fee involved for the player is understood to be €30million, and the striker, who was linked with a host of Premier League clubs over the last number of years, has signed a two-year deal.
https://twitter.com/OptaJean/status/699897960516186112
What makes the switch all the more baffling, as well as the fee involved, is that he only has six months left on his contract, and well, he wasn’t very good when at PSG, in terms of appearances at least.
https://twitter.com/WhoScored/status/698137100961460224
https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/699897878504988673
Lavezzi joins a host of well-known players who are upping sticks and moving to Asia to coin it in the latter end of their careers.
The 31 year old would still be surely good enough for a team in England or Spain, but the money obviously in China was too good to turn down.
But the stats suggest that the Chinese club may have paid well over the odds for him.
Oh, and he's going to earn over €500k a week.
https://twitter.com/theribman/status/699904822783406080
https://twitter.com/RMcBride25/status/699905508971520000
The time has come… This live blog is sponsored by Lynx, Smell Your Best When You Look Your Worst Nervous? So are we. Four months after THAT afternoon in Budapest, Republic of Ireland have the chance to create more history in their first World Cup clash against Czechia. Heimir Hallgrimsson’s men know a victory in […]
Fair play to the lads. Two unnamed Brentford players came to the rescue of a man in the early hours of Sunday morning in Richmond. According to the exclusive report from the Telegraph, the two players saw a man being attacked at around 2am, and helped diffuse the incident before the police came on the […]
He can tell a good story. Former Ireland boss Mick McCarthy has added more fuel to the fire in his years-long feud with Roy Keane. Such was the cultural impact of Keane getting sent home from Saipan by McCarthy ahead of 2002 World Cup, that the film based on the events has garnered huge attention. […]