Apologies if we’re starting to sound a bit like a broken record but another player is set to swap European football for the Chinese Super League.

The man in question this time is Fiorentina striker Nikola Kalinic who is on his way to Tianjin Quanjian, according to Sky Italia.

If the name rings bells with those of you who watch plenty of English football but aren’t au fait with Serie A it’s because Kalinic spent two seasons at Blackburn Rovers.

The Croatian striker scored seven league games in 44 league games between 2009 and 2011 before leaving to join Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

After five years in Ukrain Kalinic moved to Fiorentina for whom he’s been fairly consistent during the last two seasons.

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Last season he scored 12 league goals in 36 games and this season he’s netted eight in 17 for Paulo Sousa’s side, as well as a further four league games during the Europa League group stages.

Tianjin, managed by Fabio Cannavaro, could be forced to pay Kalinic’s €50million release clause as the 28-year-old only recently signed a new deal in Florence.

While paying €50mil for a striker who’s not even in the best 20 strikers in world football would seem strange, the same rules don’t apply in the Chinese Super League.

But maybe we’re just being cynical. Maybe it’s not just about the money.

After all, who could pass up on the chance to be coached by a World Cup winner and play with, err… Jean-Jacques Kilama?

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