Giovinco 'hard to say no' to China

By Football Italia staff

Sebastian Giovinco turned down Barcelona last year and has “two offers from China that would be hard to say no to,” confirmed the Toronto star’s agent.

The Italy international is one of the best players in MLS, but the future could well be even further afield.

“We’ve received concrete proposals from two Chinese clubs, which then have to be passed on to Toronto,” agent Andrea D’Amico told Mediaset Premium this evening.

“When faced with certain figures, it’s hard to say no… The figures mentioned are far beyond Sebastian’s current wages and that’s an issue because the career of a professional football player is not that long.

“It’ll be tough to take him away from Toronto, though.”

D’Amico revealed Giovinco had turned down a very prestigious option not long ago.

“In January 2016, the Barcelona directors came to Milan with the intention of signing Giovinco on loan, but Sebastian said no. Toronto would not have let him go either. He was brought in to help grow the club, as proved this year when he gave a dream to the Italian fans in Canada.”

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