Oscar will leave Chelsea for Shanghai SIPG in January.
Chelsea confirmed in a statement on Friday morning that the club had sold the midfielder to the Chinese Super League outfit in a reported £60m deal.
After a four-and-a-half year stint at Stamford Bridge, the Blues are set to make an astonishing £35 million profit on the 25-year-old.
The move will also see Oscar become the most expensive player in China and the world’s highest paid player pre-tax. It is understood that Shanghai will pay him a whopping £400,000-a-week, overtaking the CSL’s current highest earner in his new teammate Hulk who is on a staggering £317,000-a-week.
It will also see him surpass the £365,000-a-week salary that both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are believed to be on, though Carlos Tevez could be set for even more if he completes his reported move to the same league.
A statement released by Chelsea read:
“Chelsea Football Club and Shanghai SIPG have agreed terms for the permanent transfer of Oscar.”
“The 25-year-old will join the Chinese Super League team at the beginning of the January transfer window. He has been a Chelsea player for four-and-a-half years, helping us lift the Premier League, League Cup and Europa League as well as scooping two Chelsea Goal of the Season awards after stunning strikes against Juventus in 2012, on his full debut, and QPR in 2014.”
Unsurprisingly, the reaction on social media to the mammoth move has been fairly negative with fans already writing Oscar’s career obituary. Although, the Chelsea board has been receiving some serious praise for managing to get such a high fee for the player.
Chelsea have officially sold Oscar to China.
£50m for someone who could barely get a minute on the pitch… pic.twitter.com/vJnvS8JWU9
— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) December 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/MO_Bulhan/status/812215697791209472
Oscar just ended his career by himself, Serie A was probably the best league for him, considering his age & abilities. Too young for China.
— NBK🇺🇾 (@Saulability) December 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/fffaaaiissaalll/status/812214985069826048
https://twitter.com/FutbolRusseII/status/812211482658226176
What a waste of a career going to China to play football. Total money spinner. #Oscar #cfc
— Mark 🔴 (@TheJones_1990) December 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/JackPaisleyNE40/status/812217125335080960
Don't rate Oscar; never thought he was top, let alone world class. 25 and cutting to China, idiot.
— TA 🤙🏾✨ (@FlyMan_T) December 23, 2016
