Oscar Emboaba, who only goes by the name Oscar, became when he arrived at Shanghai Port almost eight years ago from Chelsea for 60 million euros the most expensive purchase of a Chinese club of all time.
There was nothing to say about the salary either. You have to remember that this was before China handed over idiot salaries to Saudi Arabia. Now he is moving on and the reason is that when his contract expires in the new year, it is unthinkable for the club to continue paying the 33-year-old his gigantic salary.
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Sports China states that Oscar’s eight-year contract was worth a total of 240 million euros. To stay, the Brass had to take a significant pay cut to an annual deal worth just €3 million.
Oscar, who is the most expensive signing in Chinese football of all time, has accounted for 77 goals and 141 assists in 248 appearances for Shanghai Port.
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