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Carlos Bacca rejects offer from Chinese Super League

By: , February 20, 2017 9:59 pm
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BRASILIA, BRAZIL – JUNE 19: Carlos Bacca of Colombia greets his children after the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group C match between Colombia and Cote D’Ivoire at Estadio Nacional on June 19, 2014 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Stuart Franklin – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca has pulled the plug on a move to Chinese Super League this season.

The 30-year-old Colombian international was previously linked with numerous CSL teams like Tianjin Quanjian, Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai Shenhua.

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However, according to La Repubblica, Bacca decided to stay in the Italian Serie A outfit in order to to represent his country at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The former Sevilla star believes that a move to the East Asia is a step back for his international career as it happened to his compatriot Jackson Martinez after moving to Guangzhou Evergrande.