Yilmaz to join Guoan

ISTANBUL: Galatasaray’s Turkey international Burak Yilmaz is set to join the growing list of players heading for China by signing for Beijing side Guoan, Turkish press reported on Saturday. The 30-year-old, who had been a reported target of English side West Ham, will pen a four-year deal with Guoan where he will receive an annual salary of eight million euros, the reports claimed. Yilmaz won the Turkish league title twice with Galatasaray in 2013 and 2015 and the Turkish Cup five times.