Incredible: Brazilian striker Hulk signs for Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG in record deal

The forward has joined the Chinese Super League side from Russia’s Zenit St. Petersburg for an initial fee of €55.8 million (HK$481.8 million)

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Brazilian Hulk arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday to sign for Sven-Goran Eriksson's Shanghai SIPG. Photo: AFP

Published: 5:50pm, 30 Jun 2016Updated: 7:52pm, 30 Jun 2016

Brazilian striker Hulk signed for Chinese side Shanghai SIPG on Thursday for a record initial fee of €55.8 million (HK$481.8 million) after passing a medical, Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg have confirmed.

A press conference will be held Friday to announce “the Incredible Hulk” joining Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side, a SIPG spokeswoman said in a statement.

“Zenit and Shanghai SIPG have come to an agreement regarding the transfer of the Brazilian forward. Compensation for the player will total 55.8 million euros and there will be add-ons,” Zenit said in a statement on their website (www.fc-zenit.ru read).

The transfer deal is the biggest in Russian football history.

Russian media had said Zenit would be paid around €55 million (HK$475 million) for his services, but according to posts on China’s Twitter-like Weibo, SIPG’s general manager Sui Guoyang said the figure was “not that high”.

Website transfermarkt, which tracks dealings in the sport, put the fee at €56 million (HK$484 million) on Thursday.

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