The sums players are being offered by China are ‘not normal’, according to former Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack, who urged Diego Costa and his ilk to keep their heads as the riches only increase
Michael Ballack’s first response takes in hearty congratulation and a little mock jealousy. The former Chelsea midfielder was handsomely paid during his four years at Stamford Bridge but even he can only marvel at the numbers that have been quoted to Diego Costa from the Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian. “Firstly, I have to congratulate him – to get an offer like this,” Ballack says, with a broad smile. “I never got an offer like this, although I got good money, as well.”
Tianjin Quanjian wanted Costa so badly this month that they were prepared to pay him an annual wage of £30m and Ballack does not consider it a surprise of any sort that the Chelsea striker had his head turned. Who would not consider that kind of money, Ballack argues, from pretty safe ground?
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