{"id":463709,"date":"2011-07-19T06:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T06:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/chinese-big-spenders-guangzhou-evergrande-prepared-to-do-%e2%80%98whatever-is-necessary%e2%80%99-to-sign-manchester-uniteds-park-ji-sung\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T06:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T06:38:00","slug":"chinese-big-spenders-guangzhou-evergrande-prepared-to-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-sign-manchester-uniteds-park-ji-sung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/chinese-big-spenders-guangzhou-evergrande-prepared-to-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-sign-manchester-uniteds-park-ji-sung\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese big spenders Guangzhou Evergrande prepared to do \u2018whatever is necessary\u2019 to sign Manchester United&#8217;s Park Ji-Sung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ben Somerford<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Jul 2011 07:38:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"95.3946301925\">\n<div readability=\"15.3620689655\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CL: Park Ji-Sung, Manchester United press conference (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/115300\/115326_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>CL: Park Ji-Sung, Manchester United press conference (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>Big-spending Chinese leaders <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/china\/1050\/guangzhou-pharmaceutical\">Guangzhou Evergrande<\/a> have made an incredible approach for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">United<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/south-korea\/4239\/ji-sung-park\">Park Ji-Sung<\/a>, and are reportedly willing to double the midfielder&#8217;s current wages.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>The 30-year-old is out of contract at Old Trafford at the end of the 2011-12 season, but insists he wants to stay at United.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>However, according to Chinese media, Guangzhou are offering Park a contract worth \u20ac8 million (\u00a36.9m) per season &#8211; double his current salary &#8211; to tempt him to China.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>A fortnight ago Guangzhou signed Argentine midfielder Dario Conca on a deal where he allegedly became the world&#8217;s third highest paid player behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>Now Guangzhou, who are owned by wealthy Chinese real estate group Evergrande, have set their sights on luring Park to China.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>&#8220;Club owner Xu Jiayin said he will do whatever is necessary to bring Park to the team,&#8221; Guangzhou boss Lee Jang-Soo told the <em>Beijing Times<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>&#8220;However, a deal has so far failed to materialise, because Park was determined to stay put at his current club.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>Park had told the <em>Sunday Mirror<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> <em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>at the weekend that he had no reason to leave United.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no truth at all that I would leave United &#8211; I want to stay here and I have no reason to leave,&#8221; Park said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to stay here for life, of course &#8211; why not? It&#8217;s the best club in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>Guangzhou&#8217;s massive financial backing has also already seen them sign Conca along with Brazilian striker Cleo from Partizan Belgrade, as well as former Wigan midfielder Cho Won-Hee.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-AU\"><span><span>The club currently leads China&#8217;s Super League by nine points and are unbeaten this campaign.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. 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