the most profitable foreign player in the chinese super league, 1.5 billion yuan in 8 years! oscar: future destination will be decided by the end of the year, praises shanghai's public security
2024-09-12
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as the captain of shanghai haigang, the strongest organizational core of the chinese super league, and the winner of two chinese super league championships, oscar has established a legendary status in the chinese super league. recently, oscar accepted an interview with brazil's folha de são paulo at his home in shanghai. oscar's contract with shanghai haigang will expire at the end of this year. he talked about his future choices and life in china.
oscars photo from visual china
talking about the future
"my mom is getting old, my sisters have kids, and we want to be closer. plus, there are salary restrictions now, so it's harder to renew my contract. a lot of clubs from brazil, europe, and qatar have offered me deals, and i'll wait until the end of the year to decide. my wife and i are eager to know where we're going to go in the future, and we've been working in shanghai for seven or eight years, so this will be a big change, so the sooner we decide, the better."
on returning to the brazilian team
"if i could play in europe and brazil, where the reputation is higher, i would definitely have more opportunities. dorival is my friend."
it is reported that the management of the brazilian serie a club sao paulo told oscar that they are open to oscar's return. oscar previously played for the sao paulo club.
on whether he would consider joining the management of the harbour club in the future
"i have a lot of affection for the club and i've helped them with some things off the pitch here. when i finish my contract with them, i will still keep in touch with the team here. (joining management) may be a plan in the future."
talking about life after leaving china
"the quality of life in china is incomparable. if i leave shanghai, what i miss most is the public security. this is a very important part, because no matter where i go in the future, it will not be the same as here (shanghai). the quality of life in china is unique in other parts of the world. i have never seen it, not even in europe."
oscar has a 10-year-old daughter, an 8-year-old son and a 1.5-year-old son, all of whom can speak chinese. "my children take the school bus to and from school, which is very convenient. we can leave home at two or three in the morning and go anywhere without any danger. there are no drugs here. it's a completely different world. only those who come here and live here know the real situation," he said.
on oscar's 33rd birthday, the famous "football tweet" raised a soul-stirring question: if you are 25 years old and have just reached the peak of your football career, you now have two choices. one is to stay at chelsea and fight for the champions league and premier league titles; the other is to go to china to play football and make a lot of money. which one would you choose?
oscar's choice is to come to china to make big money.
on january 1, 2017, oscar officially joined shanghai sipg (now shanghai haigang) with an annual salary of 24 million euros. in the wave of the golden chinese super league, the young oscar became one of the benchmark superstars of the chinese super league. in december 2019, oscar renewed his contract with shanghai haigang for 5 years, still with an annual salary of 24 million euros. one month after oscar renewed his contract, the chinese football association issued a salary cap order, capping the salary of foreign players at 3 million euros. however, this did not affect oscar's high salary.
oscar's contract with shanghai harbour expires on december 31, 2024. after fulfilling the contract, oscar will play for shanghai harbour for a full 8 years. annual salary of 24 million euros, 8 years, a total of 192 million euros, equivalent to about 1.5 billion yuan. the highest-earning foreign aid in chinese football, the final winner of the money-driven football - oscar's two important choices (joining in january 2017 and renewing in december 2019) both hit the right spot.
red star news editor ou peng
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