Atletico sell Yannick Carrasco and Nico Gaitan to Chinese side Dalian

Atletico sell Yannick Carrasco and Nico Gaitan to Chinese side Dalian

Carrasco, durante uno de sus últimos partidos como rojiblanco
Carrasco, durante uno de sus últimos partidos como rojiblanco. | sport

The duo move for more than 40 million euros to the Chinese Super League

Atletico Madrid announced Monday that they had reached a deal with Dalian Yinfang, a Chinese Super League club, for the sales of Yannick Carrasco and Nicolas Gaitan. The duo were not wanted by Diego Simeone and have agreed to go East after failing to get into the side much this season.

Although the numbers have not been published, the deal is reportrd to be worth over 40m euros, 22.5m for the Belgian and 18 for the Argentine. In theory Dalian are paying 30m for Carrasco but Monaco get 25 per cent because of the deal that took him to Atletico.

"Carrasco and Gaitan will join Dalian Yifang on a permanent deal. Best of luck in China!" said Atletico on Twitter.

Carrasco played 124 games for Atletico, scoring 23 goals and getting 13 assists. Gaitan, on the other hand, played just 24 games in a season and a half, scoring four with five assists.

The Chinese side wanted Fernando Torres too, but he did not want to go.