Chelsea have confirmed they have agreed the sale of Oscar to Shanghai SIPG. The 25-year-old will join the Chinese Super League team, who are managed by former Blues boss Andre Villas-Boas, at the beginning of the January transfer window.  The fee for the Brazilian midfielder has not been disclosed but is understood to be around £60million. Oscar has been at Chelsea since 2012, making 203 appearances for the club and scoring 38 goals. He has won the Premier League, League Cup and Europa League during his time at Stamford Bridge.

Oscar started the season in Antonio Conte’s team, but lost his place following the 2-1 defeat to Liverpool in September and has barely featured since then. A Chelsea statement read: "We thank Oscar for his wonderful service and wish him the very best of luck for the future." Oscar is set to earn a staggering a £400,000-a-week at Shanghai SIPG and is the latest big name to make the move to China. Ex-Blues striker Demba Ba is at Shanghai Shenhua while Graziano Pelle swapped Southampton for Shandong Luneng in July for a reported £13million.

Ramires, Gervinho, Hulk and Ezequiel Lavezzi have also been tempted to head to the Far East and more could follow in January. Chelsea manager Conte has recently spoken of the "danger" posed by the big-spending Chinese Super League sides, who now boast the financial clout to outmuscle Premier League rivals. Speaking last week, before the Oscar deal was officially announced, he said: "The Chinese market is a danger for all teams in the world; not only for Chelsea but all teams in the world.

"But I think that we must be concentrated on our work. I think that this league is fantastic and to play in this league is a great opportunity, a great honour. "You must be very proud to play in this league. Because I think now it's the best league in the world.