Hulk
Shanghai SIPG are set to sign Zenit St Petersburg forward Hulk, according to Chinese and Russian media.
The Chinese Super League club are reportedly set to pay around €55 million to sign Brazil international Hulk, which would represent the league's most expensive ever deal.
A source told the TASS news agency in Russia that the transfer fee would increase should Hulk score more than 15 goals.
He is also reported to have agreed an annual salary of €20m, which would make him the CSL's best-paid player.
Reports
said Hulk, whose Zenit contract is due to expire in 2019, is set to
arrive at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday before
undergoing a medical.
The 29-year-old joined Zenit from Porto in
2012 and won the 2014-15 Russian Premier League title, when he also
finished as top scorer, and the 2016 Russian Cup. He scored 77 goals in
147 games for the club.
CSL clubs are restricted to five foreign
players in their squad, with one of the five having to hold a passport
belonging to an Asian Football Confederation nation. They are permitted
to field three foreigners and one AFC player on the pitch at any one
time.
Shanghai SIPG, managed by Sven-Goran Eriksson, currently
have five foreigners in the squad, with Asamoah Gyan, Elkeson, Jean
Evrard Kouassi, Dario Conca and Kim Ju-Yung on their books.
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