By CGTN’s Guo Zhijie
Chinese Super League team Hebei China Fortune have confirmed the signing of Brazilian midfielder Hernanes from Juventus for a fee of 8.0 million euros (8.5 million US dollars).
The Brazilian signed a two-year deal with the Chinese club, after an unsuccessful time in Turin that saw him score just twice in 24 appearances.
Hernanes (L) playing for Juventus. /CFP Photo
Hernanes joins other overseas players like Gervinho, Stephane Mbia and Ezquiel Lavezzi at Hebei, with boss Manuel Pellegrini hoping to improve on their seventh-placed finish last year.
The former Lazio and Inter Milan man was part of Brazil's 2014 World Cup squad, but remained mainly on the bench.
He arrives in China having won the Serie A and Coppa Italia double last season in Italy, and will meet up with the rest of his new squad when they return from their training base in Marbella, Spain ahead of the new CSL season.
