Demba Ba rejected the advances of a number of top clubs in Europe, Newcastle included, to join Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua from Besiktas, in the process losing all the respect he has built up within the footballing fraternity since bursting onto the mainstream scene with West Ham in 2011. At 30-years-old there's little doubting that the Senegalese international, who is up there with the best United have had up top over the last 10 years, still had a lot to offer at the very top level of the game. Twenty-seven goals last season proves that. But as is the case with so many in the modern game, money talks. It's an Alan Shearer level of 'STAGGERING' to think how much money United's former number 19 will be on over in China...
