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05/03/2024 03:09:39 am

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Chinese Super League Rumors: Beijing Guoan, Jiangsu Suning targets Wales star Hal Robson-Kanu

Wales forward Hal Robson-Kanu

(Photo : Getty Images) Beijing Guoan and Jiangsu Suning are reportedly targeting Hal Robson-Kanu this summer as the Wales forward had impressed in the recently concluded Euro 2016.

Chinese Super League clubs Beijing Guoan and Jiangsu Suning are reportedly targeting Hal Robson-Kanu this summer as the Wales forward had impressed in the recently concluded 2016 UEFA European Championship.

The 27-year-old winger, who is a key part of head coach Chris Coleman's Wales national squad that competed in the Euro 2016 along with Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale and Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, is currently a free agent after his contract with Football League Championship club Reading FC expired last month.

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Robson-Kanu admitted that there had been several offers for him to play in other clubs "all over the world", but he has yet to reveal which one is his preferred destination for the upcoming season.

If in case he picks any of the two China clubs, then he will arrive at the Chinese first division competitions right in the middle of its current season.

SkySports noted that Beijing and Jiangsu are "both willing to pay in the region of £5m per year in salary to the striker", which is said to be a huge compensation for the 6-foot-1 Acton, England native.

UAE team Al Jazira Club is also rumored to be pursuing the Welshman, but he is allegedly desiring a move to play in the English Premier League with several teams, including Watford, Hull City, and Swansea City, interested in acquiring his services this summer.

The report then mentioned that newly-promoted Premier League squad Hull City is already "in talks with the player's brother and father" as head coach Steve Bruce revealed it early this week.

"He's had a wonderful tournament (Euro 2016) but you don't buy somebody on the back of a tournament," Bruce said. "We've known for years now what a good player he is and he seems to have burst into life going down the middle."

Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror reported that Robson-Kanu received £100,000 per week offers from the two China top flight squads, which could be an option for him to consider.

If he accepts the lucrative offer from China, then he will be the next European star to transfer to the Far East after another CSL team, Shandong Luneng, recently signed strikers Graziano Pellè from Southampton and Papiss Cissé from Newcastle United.

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