Chinese club is ready to pay €100 million for Barcelona player
– Beijing Guoan is reportedly chasing a Barcelona player
– According to the rumours, the club is ready to pay €100 million for Arda Turan
Sports.sohu reports that Beijing Guoan are lining up an ambitious move for Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan
According to the source, Beijing Guoan, who finished fourth in the Chinese Super League last year, are willing to give the 29-year-old a contract worth €100 million over five years. Arda was signed by Barcelona last summer. However he only made his debut for Barcelona in January because of the club’s transfer ban.
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Earlier this month Burak Yilmaz, Arda’s friend and fellow Turkey international, was signed by Beijing Guoan.
Meanwhile, in an interview with Fox Sports the former Australian international Tim Cahill said: “When I first went to China I knew the vision, I knew what was behind it and I knew what they wanted to do. To see where it’s come to now and where we’re at, it’s pretty crazy.
“They’ve got the power and when they want something, they get it and when they don’t want something they get rid of it. It’s pretty much like a revolving door; you see a lot of players coming in and a lot of players going.
“It’s crazy to see but this is only going to get worse. This is going to be massive, soon they’ll break the $100 million mark easily.”
The 36-year-old also noted: “The choices that players are making are not about football like it was in my day, they’re purely about personal gains and it depends what you want as an individual. Is it going to help players? No. Is it going to be big for the country? Yes.”
“Players have got different ideas and you have to be able to live in China as well. I live in Shanghai, it’s a big city. Some of the other areas are a bit tough and we’ll see how long they last,” Cahill said.
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