Nigeria
striker Obafemi Martins has joined Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua in a
multi-million dollar deal, the 31-year-old makes the switch from Seattle
Sounders, where he scored 43 goals in 84 appearances for the
MLS club he joined
in March 2013.
Martins
was linked with a move back to the Premier League in the January window, but
British agent Tony Harris along with the player's attorney Soroosh Abdi
brokered the deal taking the Super Eagle to China instead.
Martins,
who joins Senegalese striker Demba Ba at the Shanghai club, becomes the latest
high-profile player to make the switch to the cash-rich Super League.Colombia
striker Jackson Martinez, former Chelsea midfielder Ramires, Cameroon captain
Stephane Mbia and ex-Serie A duo Gervinho and Fredy Guarin are among the other
big Chinese signings in 2016.
Martins
burst into the international limelight at Italian side Inter Milan before
switching to Newcastle in August 2006.
He scored 35 goals in his three seasons with
the Magpies.He has scored 18 goals in 41 international appearances for
three-time African champions Nigeria and was voted Africa's most promising
talent in 2003 and 2004.
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