Chelsea midfielder Ramires is close to agreeing a sensational £25m switch to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning, according to The Daily Mail.
Ramires, 28, only signed a new four-year deal in October but hasn’t started a Premier League game since Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat to Leicester at the start of December.
The Brazilian international has reportedly attracted interest from Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, but Jiangsu Suning appear to have won the race.
Chelsea are looking to rebuild their squad for the future following their disastrous start to the campaign and need to free up cash in order to land their top transfer targets.
The energetic midfielder hasn’t been a regular starter since joining from Benfica for £18m in 2010 but he has usually been relied upon in their bigger matches.
Moreover, he has mad at least 50 more tackles (148) for Chelsea in the Champions League than any other player since September 2010.
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Chinese clubs have a lot of RMB to burn.
very good player, but Chelsea is silly club, hope no coach would like to take charge there
Yes, please take him as far away from the Premier League as possible. Never before have I wanted a Daily Mail article to true this much.