{"id":31391,"date":"2017-01-03T08:24:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T08:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31391"},"modified":"2017-01-03T08:24:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T08:24:01","slug":"axel-witsel-joins-chinese-club-for-52-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31391","title":{"rendered":"Axel Witsel joins Chinese club for $52 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31390\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Axel-Witsel.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"349\" alt=\"Axel Witsel\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Axel-Witsel.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Axel-Witsel-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Axel-Witsel-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Brussels: Belgian midfielder Axel Witsel has confirmed that he reached an agreement to play the next three seasons at Chinese football club Tianjin Quanjian for 50 million euros ($52 million).<\/p>\n<p>The Zenit St. Petersburg player told Italian portal Tuttosport on Monday that it was a very difficult decision because on the one hand there was an offer from a top club like reigning Serie A champions Juventus of Italy, reports Efe news agency.<\/p>\n<p>He added that on the other hand there was a crucial offer for his family from the Chinese side that he couldn&#8217;t turn down.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old international, whose salary was around three million euros (around $3.2 million) in Russia, will reportedly receive about 16 million euros (around $16.7 million) per year from the Chinese side, trained by former Italy defender and Ballon d&#8217;Or winner Fabio Cannavaro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\"football-news\/international\/42979-striker-gabriel-hails-palmeiras-stint\">Striker Gabriel hails Palmeiras stint<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He will become one of the best paid players in the world to play in the Chinese Super League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31390\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Axel-Witsel.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"349\" alt=\"Axel Witsel\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Axel-Witsel.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Axel-Witsel-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Axel-Witsel-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Brussels: Belgian midfielder Axel Witsel has confirmed that he reached an agreement to play the next three seasons at Chinese football club Tianjin Quanjian for 50 million euros ($52 million).<\/p>\n<p>The Zenit St. Petersburg player told Italian portal Tuttosport on Monday that it was a very difficult decision because on the one hand there was an offer from a top club like reigning Serie A champions Juventus of Italy, reports Efe news agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[20104,12975,466,20105],"class_list":["post-31391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-axel-witsel","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-tianjin-quanjian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Axel Witsel joins Chinese club for $52 million - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31391\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Axel Witsel joins Chinese club for $52 million - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Brussels: Belgian midfielder Axel Witsel has confirmed that he reached an agreement to play the next three seasons at Chinese football club Tianjin Quanjian for 50 million euros ($52 million). 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