Chinese Super League: From bidding for Bale to selling the team bus

Last updated on .From the section Football Hulk, who had enjoyed prolific spells with Zenit St Petersburg and Porto, was a marquee signing for Shanghai SIPG Sign up for notifications to the latest Insight features via the BBC Sport app and find the most recent in the series. In June 2016, hundreds of fans gathered at Shanghai airport to watch one of the most famous footballers in the world make the city his home. Hulk, a 29-year-old Brazil international at the peak of his powers, had been signed by Shanghai SIPG manager Sven-Goran Eriksson for more than £46m and would…