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Chinese football transfer market collapses in face of coronavirus

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Austrian striker Marko Arnautovic left West Ham United for Shanghai SIPG in the Chinese Super League [COURTESY]

A double blow of the coronavirus and a new salary cap has seen the bottom fall out of Chinese football's transfer market, while Odion Ighalo led what could become an exodus of foreign stars.

Shanghai SIPG smashed the Asian transfer record when they signed Oscar from Chelsea three years ago for €60 million, with Hulk, Marouane Fellaini, Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez all moving to China in recent years.

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