8 Highest Paid Players In The Chinese Super League

The Chinese Super League has burst into the scene offering some record breaking salaries to top players in different European leagues. Chinese President Xi Jinping has a golden vision for football in his country and has set out a 10 year plan to double the size of the Chinese sports economy to more than £600 billion.

Here are the highest paid stars in the Chinese Super League

1. Ezequiel Lavezzi – £798,000 a week

He is a 32-year-old forward from Argentina who moved from Paris Saint-Germain in January 2017 to Hebei China Fortune for a total price of £41.5 million.

 

2. Carlos Tevez – £634,615 a week

Tevez plays for Shanghai Shenhua after moving from his boyhood club Boca for a price of £9 million. He is paid a basic annual wage of £17.16 million a year and has a potential of adding more from bonuses which include: £788,000 if he starts 70% of the games, £1.56 million if his side win the Asian Champions League, £788,000 if they become champions, £390,000 if they win the cup and £390,00 if he is the top scorer.

 

3. Oscar – £548,000 a week

Oscar moved to Shanghai SIPG after a £60 million transfer from Chelsea. There he teamed up with former manager Andre Villas-Boas.

 

4. Hulk – £320,000 a week

Brazilian star Hulk moved from Zenit St Petersburg to Shanghai SIGP for a fee of £46.2 million.

 

5. Axel Witsel – £300,000 a week

Axel rejected an offer from Juventus to join Tianjin Quanjian after moving from Zenit St.Petersberg.

 

6. Graziano Pelle – £300,000 a week

Pelle now plays for Shandong Luneng after moving from St Mary’s for a fee of £8 million.

 

7. Asamoah Gyan – £227,000 a week

After spending one full season in the Premier League playing for Sunderland, Gyan moved to Abu Dhabi based club called Al Ain then later to Shanghai SIPG.

 

8. Ramires – £200,000 a week

He departed from Chelsea for a total fee of £25 million in 2016 and moved to Jiangsu Suning.