Hamsik´s transfer is only mediocre in China

The transfer of the Slovak national team player from the Italian club Napoli for 15 million euro is not among the top 20 transfers to the Chinese Super league.

The transfer of the SSC Napoli captain Marek Hamsik to the Chinese club  Ta-lien I-fang will be the third most lucrative in the history of the Slovak football. The higher transfers were only those of  Milan Skriniar and Vratislav Greško. (...) In China the transfer of the Brasilian national team player Oscar from Chelsea to Šhanghai SIPG for 60 million euro in January 2017 tops the list. „The quality of the Fhinese league has been continuosly increasing. Big names from abroad help the local football player to perform better,“ said Jozef Tokos, sports analyst and football intermediary for Economic Daily.

(...) „The Chinese people have got accustomed to the top football for the last 3-4 years. There is a big potential for the football industry in the country. The question is whether it will be supported or slowed down as there have been some regulatory limitations in the league,“ says Tokos. The players like Oscar, Tevez or Hulk have been lured by the Chinese clubs because of huge salaries. Two years ago, a half of the top 16 best paid football players in the world played in the Chinese Super league. The yearly salary of  Carlos Tevez was almost   37 million euro, more than Cristiano Ronaldo as well as Lionel Messi were on that year. However, the salary limitations were introduced at the beginning of the last year as well as the number of foreigners in the squads was decreased from five to four. 

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Top transfers to China (million euro)

1. Oscar (Bra.) 60,0
2. Hulk (Bra.) 55,8
3. Alex Teixeira (Bra.) 50,0
4. Paulinho (Bra.) 42,0
Jackson Martinez (Col.) 42,0
6. Cédric Bakambu (Fra.) 40,0
7. Anthony Modeste (Fra.) 29,0
Source: transfermarkt.de