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A chinese team has offered Higuain a salary of 50 milion € per season, but he declined. This is just gettin crazy. Hes currently earning 7 milion € at Napoli. Can you guys believe that 50 milion €... Thats over 1 milion € per week!! He would become the best payed player in history by far...
A chinese team has offered Higuain a salary of 50 milion € per season, but he declined. This is just gettin crazy. Hes currently earning 7 milion € at Napoli. Can you guys believe that 50 milion €... Thats over 1 milion € per week!! He would become the best payed player in history by far...
Dejagah would not get even a fraction of Higuain's offer. He'd earn more than Pouraligangi did, but he'd not get a massive deal.
These Chinese teams are buying players who are ready to retire and live the good life, but every one of these players are ones that get a big story in Europe. Pelle, Ramires, Hulk, etc. left big European teams for China. That gets people talking about the league. That is what they're investing in.
Dejagah would get a small-blurb on Reddit with 10 comments if he went to China. 2 Years in Qatar will do that to a player. His signing would not bring a huge amount of attention to Chinese league at the moment, and as a result, he isn't worth much money to them. I would only see him going there if Magath can convince the club to give him a sweet deal he can't refuse.
I see him trying to go back to England, to a team like Burnley, Watford or AFC Bournemouth. I don't know if he will get an offer, but he is essentially a free pickup for any team, outside of his wages (he made enough to live on in QSL).
I see him in EPL though. He still isn't too far removed from being the top rated player at his club 2 years ago.
Ashkan has made clear several times that he has always wanted to play in the EPL. People give him a hard time about going to Qatar, but people forget that Fulham relegated and has been in a bad state for the last few years, and if he would have stayed, he would have been on a sinking/sunk ship.
People tend to forget that he had a contract with Fulham, and they did not release him. They decided to sell him. He had stated many times that he wanted to go to an EPL team during the World Cup in Brazil.
The problem is, it was not only his choice to go to Al Arabi. The club was selling him as a transfer. As a result, any deal would have to have been agreed upon between the selling team, the buying team, and the player.
Ashkan probably asked to go to Liverpool, or Everton who were teams stated to be interested in 2014. The problem is, those teams were probably offering Fulham pennies in comparison to the Qataris. So, when the team doesn't want to sell him to a Premier League team, and when they are in such a bad state barely staying afloat in the Championship, what other choice did Dejagah have?
I guess some will say for him to stay at Fulham, but that wouldn't have necessarily been a better choice. Less greedy choice, sure. He could have stuck to his guns and said, "I'll never play in Qatar" and missed out on a boatload of cash for himself, his agent, and Fulham, but there is no guarantee he would be in any better shape as a player today. Fulham is near relegation to 3rd division the last few years. Dejagah would have been stuck on a shitty team for 2 years, similar to Gucci, and we would have been miserable.
Mark my words, he returns to Europe (likely England), or he goes to Magath's team in China for some ridiculous amount based on his connection to Magath. I am leaning towards the first, since I see the Chinese teams as being smart enough to know that bringing Dejagah does very little for their league.
I get your point, but still he will get a big contract in China... I definately can see them offering him a salary of lets say 7 or 8 milion €. A player like Dejagah wil get nowhere that amount in Europe, be it in EPL, Bundesliga or whatever league.
I get your point, but still he will get a big contract in China... I definately can see them offering him a salary of lets say 7 or 8 milion €. A player like Dejagah wil get nowhere that amount in Europe, be it in EPL, Bundesliga or whatever league.
I just did some research and there is not a chance for Dejagah to go to Magath's team.
The rule for Chinese teams is that they can only have 4 foreign players, with an additional 1 foreign "Asian" player (Iranian, Japanese, Korean, etc.).
Magath's team currently has 4 foreign players, and they have a Brazilian player named Jucilei as their one "Asian" player. The guy is Brazilian, but got Palestinian citizenship HAHA!!
Pelle from Italy is on Magath's team.
I just did some research on every CSL team, and almost every player has a foreign Asian player already signed. Many Australians and Koreans filling up those spots. I really don't believe that they overpay $7 or $8 million for Dejagah to fill a spot for a foreign Asian player spot. I also don't see any of the teams giving up one of their 3 European, Brazilian, or Argentinian foreign slots to Dejagah coming out of Qatar.
Just don't see it happening. I'd say the Chinese team that wants Dejagah is probably newly promoted and likely a terrible team. I see them possibly offering Dejagah $1 or $2 million over 4 years. It wouldn't be bad money, but I believe it wouldn't be a strong enough offer to get his signature. I think he'd take similar money in England to play in EPL.
It's all speculation, but really, can anybody who knows Chinese league tell me of any team that can actually sign him? Almost every team already has their foreign slots filled, and the remaining choices are newly promoted teams that aren't necessarily strong or rich teams. I don't see Ashkan in China, because the fact that Magath is there is meaningless if his team is already filled to the max of foreign players.
This is a link to the current list of foreign slots in CSL. All slots are currently filled. Many great players have been brought to this league, it's ridiculous. Dejagah has a lot less name-value than a large chunk of these players.
Former South Korean U20 and U23 international Kim Gwi-hyeon set to sign for Sanat Naft Abadan. He played for Verez Sarsfield in the Argentinian Primera Division, although never appearing for the first team and making appearances for the B team. He also played on season with Daegu FC in the K League.
PSA: tomorrow is the transfer deadline for Chinese Super League. Ashkan is a free agent, so there is still a slight possibility he could sign there, but most of the teams have already locked up their foreign player slots for next year. It's looking like China won't be Dejagah's next destination, barring something unexpected.
I'm thinking a return Europe is in the cards, and if it is, this would probably be the most successful summer for Iranian players in nearly a decade.
PSA: tomorrow is the transfer deadline for Chinese Super League. Ashkan is a free agent, so there is still a slight possibility he could sign there, but most of the teams have already locked up their foreign player slots for next year. It's looking like China won't be Dejagah's next destination, barring something unexpected.
I'm thinking a return Europe is in the cards, and if it is, this would probably be the most successful summer for Iranian players in nearly a decade.
Didn't the club release him? He's not on their current squad list in any publication I can find. Also, I haven't heard any rumors of him being sold to anybody, just him looking for a team to sign with. Wouldn't that imply he's a free agent?
I'm honestly not sure, just assuming based on the recent news and rumors. I was under the impression that the club cut his contract.
Didn't the club release him? He's not on their current squad list in any publication I can find. Also, I haven't heard any rumors of him being sold to anybody, just him looking for a team to sign with. Wouldn't that imply he's a free agent?
I'm honestly not sure, just assuming based on the recent news and rumors. I was under the impression that the club cut his contract.
I'm not sure about the rumors but his agent constantly says that Ashkan still has 2 years left on his contract and don't want to leave Al Arabi
He does want to leave AL Arabi and likely will, most likely scenario is a loan to a EPL or Bundesliga team
Wouldn't be so surprising if this happens as QSL teams often loan their players back to europe , but I'm yet to see a reliable source linking him to EPL or Bundesliga so I won't get my hopes up too high for now
Looks like Ashkan is leaving for sure as he got replaced by other foreign players in Zola's new list for next season! As irani8 said most likely scenario is a loan but hopefully to Europe and not another QSL team
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Branko wants Artem Milevskiy who played 50 games for Ukraine between 2008-2013 ! Much better choice than other players linked with PP before
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