FOOTBALL GON MAD Arsenal target Gonzalo Higuain turns down bonkers £800,000 a week to play in China
Napoli and Argentina striker could have netted staggering £42million a year if he moved to Chinese Super League outfit Hebei China Fortune but chose to turn down mega offer
Posted Thursday, July 14, 2016 by Thesun.co.uk
ARSENAL target Gonzalo Higuain has turned down a bonkers £800,000-a-week offer to play in the China.
That would have netted the Argentina striker a remarkable £42million for a season's work.
Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain could have been paid £42m a year in China
Hebei China Fortune were the Chinese Super League club to make the offer, as the ‘Great Haul of China' continues to net more stars by the week.
Serie A side Napoli do not want to sell Higuain for anything less than his £80m (94m euro) release clause.
And that means that the Chinese club would have been willing to part with a minimum sum of £122m in wages and fees for Higuain – assuming he played just one season – to recruit him alongside the likes of Gervinho, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Roy Carroll.
The news that that player has dismissed the a move to China will come as a boost to Arsenal.
The Gunners want the former Real Madrid man in a player-plus-cash swap deal, which would involve Olivier Giroud heading to Naples.
Higuain’s Argentina team-mate Ezequiel Lavezzi is already at Hebei China Fortune
Former Southampton striker Graziano Pelle is the latest star to land a mega-bucks deal in China, becoming the world's sixth-highest paid player.
The Italy international has penned a deal with Shandong Luneng which will see him trouser an incredible £260,000 a week.
Hal Robson-Kanu is another player that could be in line for silly money, with a pair of Chinese clubs circling with £100,000-a-week offers.
One of Wales Euro 2016 heroes, Hal Robson-Kanu, is also a Chinese target
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