by AsianBoy Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:57 am
SOHU understands that Zhengzhi transfered to Charton permanently with a fee of 2m pounds.
Chinese captain Zheng Zhi's transfer to an English club, for some time dimmed, with Premiership sides Birmingham and Newcastle United showing indifference to him, has seen a favorable turn.
Website Sohu reported that Zheng has broke his earlier promise and will put on a Charlton jersey for a season in the English Champions League.
Shandong Luneng Football Club, Zheng's owner, and Charlton United have signed a two-million-pound contract on the most eligible player in China.
Zheng and the Luneng side had insisted that the playmaker would only like to play in a Premier League side. Invitations to inferior leagues are unacceptable.
Luneng made great concessions in negotiations, thought to be a decisive factor in the revival of a stalling deal, alongside Zheng's strong desire to play in a top class football division, the report said.
He arrived in Beijing early Thursday and is to set off for England soon, the report revealed.
Zheng scored one goal for Charlton in his 12 Premier League appearances last season. Butultimately, the team was demoted to the second division, along with Sheffield United and Watford.