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West Bromwich Albion have reached an agreement with Chinese side Dalian Yifang for Salomon Rondon.

The Venezuelan has one-year left on his deal at The Hawthorns so it was almost certain he would depart this summer with the risk of losing him for free next year on the horizon.

He enjoyed a sterling loan spell with Newcastle United last season, winning the club’s Player of the Season Award.

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His manager from last term, Rafa Benitez is now set to seal a reunion with Rondon as Sky Sports News have reported that his new team have agreed a deal with Albion .

Benitez left Newcastle at the end of last month after the Magpies failed to agree terms with the Spaniard for a new contract.

He took over at Chinese Super League outfit Dalian Yifang, where Rondon will now follow. The report states that the two clubs have agreed a fee, with the striker now discussing personal terms ahead of a move.

Rondon is expected to sign a four-year deal with Dalian and the move could be confirmed in the next 48 hours.

A number of top flight clubs, including Wolves, West Ham and Newcastle were all linked with Rondon who signed for the Baggies in 2015.

He has a release clause of £16.5m in his Albion deal, meaning that if the Chinese club has hit that value he will eclipse the record fee received for a player. A record previously held by Saido Berahino who was sold to Stoke City for £15m in 2017.

Albion head coach Slaven Bilic confirmed last week that Rondon would be sold, with the Croatian hoping for a quick resolution.

“Probably Salomon is going to go," he said. “Hopefully that’ll be very quick so that we can activate those targets that we’ve been working on over the last two-and-a-half weeks.”

Rondon ends with 28 goals in all competitions for West Brom, with 24 of those coming in the Premier League.