At the beginning of the previous decade, the Chinese started investing large amounts in football – something similar to the Saudis nowadays – and numerous players opted to replace major European leagues with the Chinese Super League.Man of his word: former Chelsea captain on his knees after securing life in top tier (VIDEO)One of them was the Brazilian Oscar, who stunned everyone by deciding to move from Chelsea to Shanghai Port after five years at Stamford Bridge. Still, the money was a good enough motive for the midfielder. Nevertheless, at that point, nobody expected that China would become something much more meaningful to Oscar than just a financially attractive place.After 8 years at the club, Oscar is set to leave Chinese side Shanghai Port.He was moved to tears as fans begged him to stay after yesterday’s game… pic.twitter.com/fWefwZaW8c— george (@StokeyyG2) December 4, 2024 Namely, Oscar spent as many as eight years in China, made 248 appearances for Shanghai, and netted 77 times, becoming also the team’s captain and an absolute legend in the second-most populated country. Following his last match with the club, the Brazilian could not hide tears, but a few weeks later, he can now be much happier as he is set to return to his boyhood club, Sao Paulo.🕴️𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓞𝓼𝓬𝓪𝓻 𝓰𝓸𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓸…#SuperReforço#VamosSãoPaulo 🇾🇪 pic.twitter.com/bTb4zSbUGl— São Paulo FC (@SaoPauloFC) December 24, 2024 Oscar spent four years in the Brazilian side’s youth categories but played only 12 games for the senior squad before moving to Internacional and afterwards to Chelsea.In the end, many would say that Oscar could have had a much more successful career had he stayed in Europe, but the tears at his farewell game with Shanghai showed that he was happy in China, as he’ll undoubtedly be in Brazil. And sometimes, that’s all that matters.##NAJAVA_MECA_8595384##
