Carlos Tevez, Hulk, Oscar and Ezequiel Lavezzi are among the stars Mousa Dembele is following by joining a club in the Chinese Super League.
Belgium international Dembele has completed a move to Guangzhou R and F, ending a seven-and-a-half-year stay at Tottenham.
Dembele is far from the first star of the game to have headed to Asia, but recent history suggests high-class players do not always succeed in China.
Here, we look at eight stars who have moved to the CSL and assess how they fared.
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Carlos Tevez (Shanghai Shenhua)
Although probably the biggest name to join the CSL, Tevez s time in China was far from settled. The striker later described a 2017 spell at Shanghai Shenhua as a holiday and he returned to boyhood club Boca Juniors after a season in which he managed only four CSL goals, despite earning a reported $40million-a-year.
Oscar (Shanghai SIPG)
Eyebrows were raised when Oscar opted to leave Chelsea to move to the CSL, joining Shanghai SIPG for the 2017 season. Oscar s performance levels have been good in Shanghai, but the most notable moment of his time at SIPG was when he was handed an eight-match ban and a $5,000 fine for blasting the ball at an opponent, sparking a mass brawl in a game against Dembele s new club Guangzhou R and F. Oscar has not played for Brazil since heading to China.
Ezequiel Lavezzi (Hebei China Fortune)
A reasonable success on the pitch, Lavezzi has been embroiled in controversy of it in the CSL. The Hebei China Fortune striker who has hit 32 CSL goals in 63 appearances apologised after a picture of him appearing to mimic Chinese facial characteristics went viral. Much like Oscar, his international career has all but ended since moving to China. Although he was initially still getting picked, Lavezzi has now not played for Argentina since March 2017.
