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Scotland: Chinese international Du Wei goes to Celtic [Wed Aug 31st, 2005]
Chinese international defender Du Wei has joined Celtic on a six-month loan, although a permanent contract could be signed in January.
The deal is worth a potential US$1.3 million, but the Scottish club will pay Shanghai Shenhua the sum of $200,000 for the four-month trial period, with the option of paying the remainder in January should both parties want to make the move permanent.
We made a big compromise on price just to better support Du Wei and let him have a better chance," revealed the club’s deputy manager Dai Chunhua.
"The contract was signed and Du Wei already left China today," Dai said.
"The two-step contract helped Celtic reduce risks, because they don’t have a lot of knowledge about Chinese players. Actually, we need Du Wei quite badly, but we sacrificed our temporary interests for the sake of the long-term development of Chinese football."
The C-League team, currently lying second, originally demanded US$1.7 million for the 24-year-old, but settled for the unusual deal when the player declared that he wanted to move to Scotland.
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