Africa’s most expensive player, Bakambu joins Mikel in China

Villarreal striker , Cedric Bakambu , has snubbed a move to the Premier League to join Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan in a record -breaking deal worth £65million .The 26- year- old has agreed a long - term contract worth a reported £307, 000 a week, despite interest from Tottenham , Newcastle , West Brom and West Ham .
When it becomes official , Bakambu ’ s move will make him the most expensive African player of all time ahead of Liverpool ’ s £ 39m man Mohamed Salah .
RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita is also set to jump ahead of Salah when he completes his move to Anfield for a fee in excess of £48m this summer .
But he will not cost more than Bakambu after Beijing Guoan agreed to meet his £35m release clause – and pay another £30 m in taxes to their country’ s football association .
The Chinese FA introduced the shock rule in May last year in a bid to stop the huge influx of foreign stars and promote their own young players .
But that has not prevented the Chinese Super League side , who finished ninth last season , from pushing through a deal for the in - demand striker . Bakambu took to social media on Wednesday to share a picture of himself seemingly undergoing part of his medical in the Chinese capital .
The DR Congo striker attracted attention from Beijing Guoan and a host of English top -flight clubs after his impressive form for Villarreal . He scored 48 goals in just 105 games for the Yellow Submarine after arriving from Bursaspor in 2015. Villarreal are set to make a huge profit on Bakambu after signing him for just £6. 5m following a prolific season in Turkey , where he netted 21 goals .
Meanwhile , Victor Moses was at his best in attack in Chelsea ’ s goalless draw with Arsenal in the semifinal of the League Cup on Wednesday night and has been rated the Blues biggest threat going forward .
At Stamford Bridge where he has not scored since November 2016 , the right wing -back contributed more offensively and was unfortunate not to net the winner for the home team. In their player ratings , FootbalL . London acknowledged the Nigeria international ’ s offensive qualities and awarded him seven marks from a possible ten .
‘’ An odd first half as for most of it he didn ’ t really have a great game . However , a couple of decent shots with his left foot that forced Ospina into two good saves , ’’ Oliver Harbord wrote .
‘’ Forced Ospina into another good save in the second half , but crossing is where he is still struggling. However , was probably Chelsea ’ s biggest threat going forward . ’’
Moses had four shots in total with two on target , 74 touches , made 40 passes, had a passing accuracy of 62.5 percent , made two tackles and won two fouls against Arsenal .