Tevez's US$850,000-a-week pay symbol of Chinese largesse

Shanghai

WHEN Carlos Tevez landed in Shanghai, he had a bunch of flowers thrust into his hands and his signing was heralded as a coup for Chinese football.

A blue Shanghai Shenhua scarf was thrown around his neck and hundreds of fans mobbed the Argentine forward who had just sealed a transfer deal that made him at that moment the best-paid footballer on the planet.