314.5 billion won and successfully de-China! But my salary...Oscar, who returned to Brazil, has been unpaid for three months

Mar 10, 2025

◇photo source=Oscar personal SNS

There was a theory that Oscar, who left Shanghai Haigang and returned to his native Brazil, was suffering from overdue wages.

China's soccer report on the 9th 'Oscar, who is playing in Sao Paulo, doesn't look happy. Oscar and his colleagues are currently not being paid in Sao Paulo, he said.

Oscar chose to return to Brazil when his contract with Shanghai Haikang expired in December last year. Oscar, who joined Sao Paulo, showed off his rusty skills with two goals and four assists in 11 games. Some statistics show that Oscar was more than 30% involved in the total score recorded by Sao Paulo among the 11 games.

Oscar signed a monthly contract with Sao Paulo for 1.2 million reais (about 300 million won). However, since joining Sao Paulo, his salary has not been paid in his bank account. Football magazine commented that `The patience of the Sao Paulo squad has reached its limit, and it is not strange at any time of conflict.' `Maybe Oscar regrets leaving China.'

◇photo source=Oscar personal SNS

Oscar moved from Chelsea to Shanghai Haikang in 2017 for a fee of 60 million euros. At that time, Oscar's weekly salary promised to Shanghai Hai River was 470,000 euros (about 740 million won).

The world was shocked by the news that he was suddenly heading to China while in his prime in the Premier League. But Oscar says "A football player should make money and help his family, just like other workers. I come from a very poor family in Brazil, and I have to help them" has given a practical reason. Oscar reportedly earned 200 million euros (about 314.5 billion won) from his eight seasons in China until last year.

With each club on the verge of breaking down due to the bursting of the bubble in the 2020s, the Chinese Super League began to feel burdened by the Shanghai Haijima Oscar. In the end, rumors of a return to Brazil were raised ahead of the expiration of the contract. Flamengoo, InterAlthough offers such as Now continued, Oscar chose to return to his former team Sao Paulo.