{"id":226961,"date":"2016-06-30T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T16:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=226961"},"modified":"2016-06-30T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T16:05:46","slug":"hulk-signs-for-shanghai-sipg-for-asian-record-46-1m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=226961","title":{"rendered":"Hulk signs for Shanghai SIPG for Asian record \u00a346.1m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\">Brazil forward Hulk has become the most expensive signing in Asian football with a \u00a346.1m (55.8m euros) move to Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG from Zenit St Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai, managed by former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, broke the record of \u00a338.4m that Jiangsu Suning paid for compatriot Alex Teixeira.<\/p>\n<p>Hulk, 29, scored 21 goals for Russian side Zenit last season.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese clubs spent almost \u00a3200m in the most recent transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Hulk, who played for three Japanese clubs before moving to Porto in 2008,signed for Zenit for \u00a332m in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>He joins <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color: #333;\" href=\"http:\/\/buydiazepambest.com\">http:\/\/buydiazepambest.com<\/a> former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan at Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>Runners-up in the CSL last season, Shanghai are currently fourth in the table.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Football Association announced plans in March to become a &#8220;world football superpower&#8221; by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>The national team &#8211; 81st in the Fifa rankings- have qualified for the World Cup only once, in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Eriksson, who coached Guangzhou R&amp;F before joining Shanghai in 2013, has said the league&#8217;s growth will attract &#8220;even bigger names&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil forward Hulk has become the most expensive signing in Asian football with a \u00a346.1m (55.8m euros) move to Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG from Zenit St Petersburg. Shanghai, managed by former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, broke the record of \u00a338.4m that Jiangsu Suning paid for compatriot Alex Teixeira. Hulk, 29, scored 21 goals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=226961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=226961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=226961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=226961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}