Jackson Martinez becomes most expensive player in Asia

Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande have broken the Asian exchange record by marking Atletico Madrid’s Jackson Martinez for £31m.

The 29-year-old Colombia striker has marked a four-year bargain and will join winter preparing in Dubai on 9 February taking after a physical examination.

He scored just 2 goals in 22 matches for Atletico taking after his £24.8m move from Porto the previous summer. Martinez is the most recent prominent player to move to China this year. Chelsea midfielder Ramires and Serie A twosome Gervinho and Fredy Guarin are among the other enormous Chinese signings in 2016.

Ramires’ exchange to Jiangsu Suning a week ago  for what was accepted to be around £25m set the past Asian record. Martinez’s chief at Guangzhou is previous Chelsea and Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, while Paulinho, the previous Tottenham midfielder, and comrade Robinho will be new colleagues.