5 players who chose money over their careers

emmanuel adebayor
Adebayor moved to Manchester City from Arsenal for a transfer fee believed to be in the region of £25million

Jackson Martinez

jackson martinez

He is another one of those South American stars that FC Porto brought to fame. Signed as a replacement for Radamel Falcao, he started taking the Portuguese league by storm with his outstanding displays week-in and week-out.

The Colombian was something of a similar player to his predecessor. Within the box, he was an unstoppable force. And his stats show just that.

In three seasons with Porto, he scored 92 goals in 132 games to become one of the most revered players in the world.

However, he followed a path similar to that of Falcao’s when he joined Atletico Madrid for 35 million euros. Unfortunately for him, he couldn’t make a mark at the club like his fellow Colombian did as he scored only 3 goals in the 22 times he played for them.

The Rojiblancos weren’t ones to show patience with him as they decided to offload him this winter. The peculiar thing? He agreed to go to Guangzhou Evergrande despite not even being in his 30s.

The reason was simple: lots of money. He now earns 240,000 euros a week for playing in a league that is way below his level. With this move, he became the most expensive signing in the history of Chinese football, but that record was broken two days later by…

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