ITALY FORWARD STEPHAN El Shaarawy has reportedly turned down a lucrative move to China and could now sign a new contract with AS Roma, Italian media reported on Thursday.
El Shaarawy had reportedly been set to sign a three-year deal with worth up to €16 million a season.
But Sky Sport Italia reported the 26-year-old had second thoughts and did not want to leave the Italian capital.
Gazzetta dello Sport claimed the Chinese side refused the player’s demands to have an imput into the club’s choice of coach and playing staff.
Shanghai Shenhua, currently 12th in the Chinese Super League, are coached by former Benfica, Atletico Madrid and Watford manager Enrique Sánchez Flores of Spain.
El Shaarawy — nicknamed ‘The Pharoah’ because of his Egyptian ancestry — only has a year left on his contract with the Serie A club, having joined Roma in 2016 from AC Milan after a loan spell in Monaco.
The 23-times capped Italian international is reportedly looking for a new deal worth four million euros a year with Roma.
He scored 11 goals in Serie A last season, as Roma finished sixth and qualified for the Europa League.
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Wow. Great article. Well done sir.
Couldn’t agree with you more Paul. Bale was subject of a bidding war between Spurs and Arsenal at the time. He was doing great with Southampton in the championship so soon after the departure of Walcott and at 17 years old was the standout player for the Saints. He even scored in the North London Derby soon after signing.
However football loves Hyperbole and Exaggeration so tries to remember Bale in this zero-hero sort of light, which is rubbish quite frankly!
I told Paul it was a good article before it was trendy.
Good stuff Paul.