Obafemi Martins is about to get paid. The former Seattle Sounders forward will apparently net $6.6 million for the 2016 season with Shanghai Shenhua, according to a series of tweets from the Washington Post's Steven Goff.
(1/2) Obafemi Martins' move from @SoundersFC to Shanghai Shenua now in FIFA's transfer monitoring system. Should be final Tuesday. #mls
— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) February 23, 2016
(2/2) Martins was due to gross $3.6m with Sounders this year. He will net $6.6m with Shanghai. Transfer fee: ~ $2m.