Baka Who? Congolese Striker Cedric Bakambu Becomes The Most Expensive African Player…Joins Chinese Super League Side Beijing Guoan For £65m

Spanish club Villarreal’s Cedric Bakambu has turned down a host of English Premier league clubs to sign for Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan and become the most expensive African player in history.The striker was linked with moves to Newcastle, Tottenham, West Brom and West Ham. But he has turned down those options to pen a bumper £16m-a-year contract in China’s capital city. Bakambu has already undergone his medical with the £65m deal set to be finalised within the next 24 hours.Beijing Guoan have not only agreed to pay the £35m release clause for the Congolese striker, but also all the imposed tax on the star – which will total around £30m. The 26-year-old made his breakthrough with French side Sochaux before signing for Turkish club Bursaspor in 2014. But after netting 13 times in 27 appearances he was off to Villarreal the following summer.Photo Credit: Getty

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