Hundreds of professional footballers have chosen at some point in their career to prioritize the economic issue over the sporting issue when signing with a club; in the case of Brazilian players, there have been several highly recognized players who have done so.
For this reason, in the following list we mention some Brazilian players who came to prefer earning much more money, rather than being part of a better club or one of the considered giants of Europe.
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The midfielder had offers from the Premier League in his prime as a footballer, however, he chose money and left the Shakhtar Donetsk to sign with Jiangsu Suning of the Chinese Super League where he spent five seasons earning more than 10 million euros annual.
After his time at AC Milan where he was the best in Europe, he was lost and could not return to his highest level, which later led him to have to sign for two seasons in Chinese football with the Tianjin Quanjian FC Due to his multiple failures, he preferred money to trying to recover his level and stay in Europe.
He had a great projection for being part of the Brazilian team and playing for Chelsea, however, the Chinese Super League tempted him and took him away very young and since then he disappeared from the orbit in 2017, since then he has had eight seasons in China winning millions in the Shanghai Port FC.
The Brazilian goalscorer became very famous at his peak in Europe with Porto and Zenitlived nine seasons in Europe and in the last one in 2015/16 he could have made the leap to a big team in Europe, but he was another of those seduced at that time by the Chinese Super League for the Shanghaithere he played five seasons, and then returned to Brazil with the Atlético Mineiro.
The multifunctional Brazilian attacker left his country to play in Europe in Benfica and Besiktasthere he left good feelings and at a very young age he was seduced by the Guangzhou Evergrande of the Chinese Super League and later for the Al-Nassr from Saudi Arabia, in both clubs he signed a juicy contract.
After the departure of Neymar Jr of Barcelona, ​​the culé team gave the opportunity to a Brazilian who was playing well in China with the Guangzhou Evergrandewas part of the Spanish team for only one campaign between 2017/18 and attracted attention in important moments.
Unfortunately the money was more tempting and instead of staying with Barcelona or another European team, he returned to his team in China because they paid 10 million euros more for what they had sold it for.
The Brazilian star and the last biggest Brazilian star preferred money over sports on more than one occasion. Firstly, he cha
nged his great moment in Barcelona surrounded by great friends and teammates where he surely could have won many more important titles and individual awards, to become the most expensive signing in history to PSG for 220 million eurosmarking a before and after in the transfer market.
Years later, he did the same by preferring to stay in Europe and sign for the Al Hilal of the Arabian League for a multimillion-dollar contract that he would never have been able to obtain in the Old Continent.
He became a star signing for FC Barcelona by paying 40 million euros for his signing, but it didn't work out and he only stayed for one season, and then went to Zenit from Russia and in 2023 he left Europe to sign with Al Hilal in exchange for a multimillion-dollar contract.
The Brazilian midfielder finished his career in Europe at the age of 29, after emerging from Real Madrid and having successful spells in the Monaco and Liverpool. To reach Saudi Arabia with Al-Ittihad who offered him a dream contract.
The young Brazilian defender concluded his time in Italy to sign with the Al-Ahli FC of Saudi Arabia who paid 30 million euros for him and they gave him a contract until the summer of 2027.
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