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He was the best paid player in the world and now he will face Cristiano Ronaldo

Despite not being the best at anything, he managed to be the player with the biggest wages in the world at some point thanks to the Chinese League. Now he enjoyed that money, he joined a Serie A team.

By Fredi Roman

Despite not being the best at anything, he managed to be the player with the biggest wages in the world at some point thanks to the Chinese League. Now he enjoyed that money, he joined a Serie A team.
Despite not being the best at anything, he managed to be the player with the biggest wages in the world at some point thanks to the Chinese League. Now he enjoyed that money, he joined a Serie A team.

This striker was good, but nothing extraordinary. He never played for a top European team, and only got some few caps with his national team. But still, a rich Chinese team made him a contract for four years in 2016 and gave him wages even bigger than Lionel Messi's and Cristiano Ronaldo's, catching with this global attention.

Now that club released him, and at 35 years old, he wants to be the last good impressions at a top league. So he went back to Italy, his country, and signed for a Serie A team that needed a forward with experience. That club is struggling for not being relegated and he hopes to be the savior.

He is Graziano Pellé, who signed a contract with Parma. That team is 19th in the table and has serious chances of playing next season in Serie B. After a millionaire transfer to Shadong Luneng, where he scored 47 goals in 93 matches after a Premier League experience with Southampton, he chose the personal fulfillment after getting a lot of money.

With Italy, Pellé played Euro 2016 and had a good performance after his team lost to Germany on penalties, just before moving to China. He had just 20 international matches, with nine goals. Now he hopes to not stop scoring and save Parma so he can be the hero instead of just someone with lots of money.


Fredi Roman

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