Yannick Carrasco
Yannick Carrasco

Atletico Madrid's Nico Gaitán and Yannick Carrasco have joined Chinese Super League outfit Dalian Yifang FC


Atletico Madrid pair Nico Gaitán and Yannick Carrasco have joined Chinese Super League outfit Dalian Yifang FC.

The duo will link up with former West Ham defender Jose Fonte, who made the switch in a £5m deal last week.

24-year-old Carrasco leaves Atleti having made 124 appearances for the club, scoring 40 goals.

The left winger is a current part of the Belgium national team set-up and is expected to feature at this summer’s World Cup in Russia.

Carrasco, who has previously been linked with Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal, will sign a reported £8.8million-a-year deal with the club.

Summer signing Vitolo was finally allowed to register for Atletico, and along with the arrival of Diego Costa from Chelsea, it severely limited the Belgian's playing time with it being a World Cup year.

Diego Simeone
Diego Simeone

Argentinian wide-man Gaitan was less favoured in Diego Simeone’s side, feature just 13 times this season.

Atletico Madrid are 25/1 to win La Liga this season.

The 30-year-old has failed to find the net during the current 2017/18 campaign.

Reports say that Carrasco has made the switch for a fee of around £26m, whilst £15.8m is the fee mentioned for Gaitain.

Playing in the 61,000 seater Dalian Sports Center Stadium in Dalian, Liaoning, the Chinese outfit were promoted to the Chinese Super League this season after winning Chinese League One.

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