Chinese Super League bags their biggest star signing yet

Chinese soccer is no longer a joke. After years of overpaying washed up players and failing to actually fulfill their agreements, some of the Chinese Super League’s teams have big time investment now, and Guangzhou Evergrande made the country’s biggest ever signing on Tuesday, inking Jackson Martínez.

Martínez had interest from all over Europe this summer, eventually landing at Atlético Madrid. He’s struggled at Atléti, but they would have had no problem offloading him to a fairly big team for a solid fee this summer. Instead, Martínez has chosen to go to China, and Atléti made a profit too.

At Guangzhou, Martínez will be hooking up with Brazilians Paulinho, Alan Carvalho and Ricardo Goulart, as well as South Korea star Kim Young-gwon and Chinese legend Zheng Zhi. Most of the rest of the squad has been capped recently by the Chinese national team.

Jamie Vardy’s stunner against Liverpool was his best yet.

But honorable mention goes to Anthony Martial for this stunner.

Bayern’s Serdar Tasci, an emergency signing due to injuries, was concussed in his first training session. (Sport1)

If you want to go to the USMNT’s Olympic playoff, the home leg is in Frisco, TX. (MLS)

Filipe Luís got the standard three-match ban for violent conduct after kicking Lionel Messi in the knee. (AS)

Ronald Koeman yelled at Arsène Wenger for blaming the referees for his team playing poorly. (Telegraph)

Some Aston Villa fans say they’re having a party when Randy Lerner dies. Yikes. (Mirror)

Arturo Vidal is suing a newspaper for claiming he drank alcohol at a Bayern training camp in Qatar. (Goal.com)

Paula Dupraz-Dobias on the FIFA museum that doesn’t really address corruption. (Vice)

Chris Nee on the events that led to Aston Villa’s downfall. (In Bed With Maradona)

Kieron O’Connor on the Deloitte Money League. (Swiss Ramble)

You can find a recap of Tuesday’s EPL action here.

EPL: 2 games (2:45 p.m.) -- Chelsea-Watford is the TV game.

Serie A: 9 games (2:45 p.m.) -- Lazio-Napoli will be the easiest to find in the U.S.

Copa del Rey: Barcelona vs. Valencia (3 p.m.) -- Spain’s cup is doing some quick turnaround.