Radja Nainggolan did not expect to be turfed out by Inter and is considering offers from Shanghai Shenhua and Dalian Yifang, it’s reported.

According to Sportitalia and Sky Sport Italia, the Belgian thought he’d have an opportunity to convince new Coach Antonio Conte.

He was stunned when director of sport Beppe Marotta announced this weekend that he and Mauro Icardi were not part of Inter’s plans for this season.

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Rafa Benitez is reunited with former Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik after being appointed the new Coach of Dalian Yifang.

Benitez only left Newcastle United on Sunday but has already found work in China with Dalian.

Reports in England claim the 59-year-old will earn a £12m (€13.4m) salary – double what he earned at Newcastle.

The Spaniard links back up with Hamsik, the pair having worked together at Napoli between 2013 and 2015, winning a Coppa Italia and Supercoppa.

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Marek Hamsik’s representative laughed off reports of a return to Italy for Roma. “He is absolutely happy at Dalian Yifang.”

There were some improbable suggestions in La Repubblica newspaper this morning that Roma were ready to swap Javier Pastore with Hamsik.

That would mean swinging straight back to Serie A just six months after leaving Napoli and joining one of their bitter rivals.

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Roma could make a move to bring Napoli hero Marek Hamsik back from China and exchange him with Javier Pastore, claim La Repubblica.

According to the newspaper, Giallorossi President James Pallotta is considering offering Pastore to Chinese Super League club Dalian Yifang in exchange for the former Napoli captain.

The paper also reports that the Chinese side would be willing to pay some of the Slovakian’s €9m a year salary, as he is reportedly fed up with life in China and wants a return to Italy.

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Dalian Yifang winger Yannick Carrasco, who has been linked with Milan, Inter and Roma, claimed that “there is a European club interested” in signing him.

The 25-year-old winger joined the Chinese Super League side from Atletico Madrid for €10.5m in February 2018 and has scored seven times in 10 games so far this season.

“There is a European club interested, and I’m willing to sign if they want me,” he said in a Press conference while on international duty with Belgium.

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Yannick Ferreira Carrasco is reportedly seeking a move to Serie A from Dalian Yifeng, but Inter and Milan are no longer interested.

According to Calciomercato.com, the 25-year-old winger’s agents are currently in Italy trying to find him a new club.

He joined Dalian Yifang from Atletico Madrid in February 2018, but has been pushing for several months to return to Europe.

Although there were proposals from Serie A in January, the situations have changed and doors slammed shut on the Belgian.

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Yannick Carrasco has put Serie A clubs on red alert after confirming that he is ready to return to Europe this summer.

Carrasco has spent the past 18 months playing for Chinese club Dalian Yifang, where he is a teammate of former Napoli captain Marek Hamsik.

However, the winger was heavily linked with the likes of Milan and Inter in January, as well as Premier League side Arsenal.

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Former Napoli captain Marek Hamsik has confessed that he is finding China and the language barrier difficult. “I can only use gestures.”

Hamsik only joined Dalian Yifang from Napoli in February but was dropped for Sunday’s 4-1 defeat to League leaders Beijing Guoan.

The 31-year-old has yet to score or assist in six appearances for the Chinese club, and he admits ‘I’ve not encountered a situation like this before.’

“I am not particularly satisfied with my performances,” AFP quotes him as telling CCTV.

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Dalian Yifang winger Yannick Carrasco has put Serie A clubs back on red alert after confirming ‘I’d like to return to Europe’ this summer.

Carrasco was heavily linked with Milan and Inter in January, but a move failed to materialise and he has since been joined at Dalian by former Napoli captain Marek Hamsik.

Nonetheless, the Belgium international told Het Laatste Nieuws: “I’d like to return to Europe.

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Marek Hamsik has admitted that he ‘misses everything’ at Napoli and could have stayed ‘if we’d been fighting for the Scudetto’.

Hamsik left Napoli for Dalian Yifang last month as their all-time top goalscorer and record appearance holder, but the midfielder’s time at the San Paolo coincided with Juventus’ domestic domination.

“At the end of the match against Sampdoria, I didn’t know how things would pan out,” their former captain told Il Mattino.

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