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Cameroon captain Mbia heads to Hebei

Cameroon captain and former Marseille center-back Stephane Mbia has signed for Hebei China Fortune, the club announced yesterday, the latest Europe-based player to head east in the current transfer window.

鈥淟ooking forward to 鈥榓bsolute beast defender鈥 Mbia fully showing his strength,鈥 the club said on its microblog, adding that he would give the team鈥檚 rear-guard a 鈥渜ualitative leap.鈥 Hebei did not give a fee but football website Transfermarkt said the club paid Turkey鈥檚 Trabzonspor 4 million euros (US$4.4 million) for the 29-year-old.

On his verified Twitter feed, Mbia posted a photo of himself in a waistcoat and cufflinks, holding a shirt from his new club.

鈥淧roud to join Hebei China Fortune,鈥 he wrote. 鈥淩eady for this adventure. Let鈥檚 go.鈥

Mbia will join Ivory Coast and former Arsenal striker Gervinho, who signed with Hebei from AS Roma on Wednesday.

That fee was also undisclosed by the Chinese club, but Transfermarkt gave it as 18 million euros.


 

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