£26m Arsenal target receives £8.8m per-season Chinese bid but Barcelona star does not want to leave Europe
Barcelona star Arda Turan has received a lucrative offer from China according to reports in Turkey.
Fotospor report that Turan has received an £8.8 million [€10m] per-season offer from an unnamed Chinese club.
Per the source, Besiktas club official Umut Guner held talks with Turan’s agent Ahmet Bulut.
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Guner told Bulut that Besiktas would not be able to match the wages being offered from China.
Besiktas would however, make efforts to match his current £4.8 [€5.5] million salary through sponsors.
Bulut revealed to Turkish-Football that Turan does not want to move to China or back to Turkey.
Mundo Deportivo report that Barcelona are intent on selling Turan but they are struggling to find a club he would join.
Arsenal are currently among the favourites to sign Turan, in fact they are the bookmakers favourites.
Super-agent Jorge Mendes held three-hour long talks with Barcelona over the futures of several players including the Turkish internationals.
Bulut has a close working relationship with the Portuguese agent.
Explica @RogerSaperas en el @tudirasrac1 que Jorge Mendes SÍ se ha visto con el Barça en el dia de hoy #mercato pic.twitter.com/RDmtOp6aKH
— Gerard Romero (@gerardromero) June 20, 2017
