Zenit St Petersburg’s Brazilian forward Hulk is close to joining Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG in a deal worth around £48million.The deal will break the Asian transfer record of £38m that Jiangsu Suning paid Shakhtar Donetsk for Brazilian midfielder Alex Teixeira in February.
‘Zenit have reached a preliminary agreement with Shanghai SIPG concerning the transfer of Hulk, and on Wednesday the player will undergo a medical,’ Zenit’s press officer, Dmitri Zimmerman, told the Russian daily Sport Express.
‘Zenit will receive around €56m (£46.3m), while a further €2m (£1.7m) could be added to the total price.’
