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Sun Jihai Transfered to Manchester City

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Chinese international Sun Jihai has sealed the transfer to English first division club Manchester City with a 2-million-pound deal, a club official from Dalian Shide club confirmed in Beijing on Tuesday.

Xu Ming, president of Dalian Shide club, said he believed that Jihai can perform well in the English first division competitions."Sun Jihai is one of the few Chinese players who has what it takes

to play in the European leagues," he said.

Xu disclosed that Jihai's yearly salary in Manchester City will amount to 650,000 pounds according to the deal.

25-year-old Jihai, who is arguably the best left fullback in China, will fly to Manchester on Tuesday.

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