Oscar has fallen out of favour at Chelsea (Photo: Julian Finney)
Chelsea midfielder, Oscar has confirmed his blockbuster £60 million move to the Chinese Super League is "90 per cent certain."
Former Chelsea boss, Andre Villas Boas, now in charge of Shanghai SiPG, has sanctioned the record-breaking move for the 25-year-old after the Brazilian fell out of favour at Stamford Bridge.
And when quizzed on his impending exit, Oscar revealed the deal is all but done.
"It's 90 per cent certain," he toldSporTV. "It just depends on a few bureaucratic details."
Antonio Conte's men have been in brilliant form over the past two and a half months, storming to the top of the Premier League with nine wins out of nine and just two goals conceded.
Oscar has not started a match since the 2-1 home loss to Liverpool on September 16.
He is understood to be open to the move and would become the second Chelsea player to move to China in the last 12 months after his Brazilian teammate, Ramires joined Jiangsu Suning last January.
Chelsea are ready to cash in on Oscar as they believe it is an offer too good to refuse for a player unable to get into their first XI.
Oscar was signed for just £25 million four years ago from Brazilian club, International. He is now on track to beat David Luiz’s record as the most expensive player ever to leave Chelsea.
Luiz set the record two years ago with his £40million move to Paris Saint Germain.
It is not the first time that a Chinese Super League club has tried to sign Oscar. Another former Chelsea manaper, Luiz Felipe Scolari, made a move to sign him last summer for Guangzhou Evergrande and remains interested.
But Andre Villas-Boas is understood to be in pole position to prise the player away from Stamford Bridge.
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