Sonneng concludes contract with foreign players after failure of his contract with Bell

Jiangsu Sunning has announced the signing of Croatian midfielder Ivan Santini, who has signed a contract with foreign players, following the suspension of the transfer of Welsh midfielder Gareth Bell to the Chinese club.

Bell recently made media headlines, especially after French Zinedine Zidane, who returns to the club's technical direction in the middle of the season, said Welshman, 30, was not part of his plans to rebuild the team after a disappointing season. .

Bill, who had joined the club in the summer of 2013, was to join the Premier League team for a three year contract worth a million pounds (1.1 million dollars) per week.

But a source close to the player confirmed Sunday at "Agence France Presse" that the Royal Club had suspended the contract with Spain.

Less than 48 hours before the Chinese shutdown Wednesday, Jiangsu Sunning announced the signing of Santini (30, like Bill) of the Belgian Anderlecht, in the hope "to significantly enrich the tactics of attack of the Chinese Super League ".

Santini has become the fifth foreign player of the Chinese team, which means reaching the maximum number of foreigners allowed in his ranks, according to the Xinhua official news agency.

Bell's close source said Sunday that the subject of an agreement with the Chinese club "Done", while the newspaper "Marka" the Spanish daily that close to the international striker Welsh asked his agents to seek clubs in Europe before giving consent "Jiangsu Sunning".

But the player's agent, Jonathan Barnett, denied this information, saying he was "completely wrong," according to Sky News.

A few days after Zidane explicitly announced that the search for an issue in Baile was underway, news reports in the press on Friday night showed Chinese offers to the player, who had joined Real in 2013 from Tottenham Hotspur , under a contract worth 86 million pounds. ).