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| Carlos Tevez. |
Former
Manchester City and Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez has signed for
Chinese Super League side, Shanghai Shenhua in a deal reportedly worth £615,000
a week.
The acquisition of the 32-year-old from Buenos
Aires side Boca Juniors will “greatly enhance” the team’s front line, the
Chinese club said.
The club statement reads, “The club looks forward
to Tevez helping Greenland Shenhua attack cities and strike stockades in Asian
and domestic matches and contribute to more exciting games for fans,” it said,
calling him “the most outstanding striker in Argentina’s history”.
Although no financial details of the deal were
released by the club, but Argentine media previously reported Tevez would make
$84 million over two years under the contract — 20 times his previous earnings.
After passing a medical the 32-year-old will join
the rest of the squad on the Japanese island of Okinawa, where they are holding
preseason training until late January, according to Shenhua.
Meanwhile his former club, Buenos Aires side Boca
Juniors, thanked Tevez, who was on his second spell with the club, scoring 25
goals in 56 matches, including a double in a 4-2 Clasico victory over their
bitter rivals River Plate earlier this month.
Boca wished him good luck, saying he had left
fans with “unforgettable memories” and telling him they would be “dreaming of
your return”.
“We’ll work on bringing you back,” it added. “No
effort is too great to have you wearing our shirt again.”
Tevez will team up with other high-profile internationals at the club, including the Senegalese striker Demba Ba, the Nigerian forward Obafemi Martins and the Colombian midfielder Fredy GuarÃn.
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