West Ham's Nikica Jelavic on verge of £4m China move

Jelavic only joined the Hammers from Hull City last summer and has scored twice in 15 appearances, mostly as substitute.

The Croatian is set to travel to the Chinese capital to complete formalities on his move this week, which will be the latest in a series of big money swoops from the big spending Chinese Super League.

Beijing Renhe finished 15th in the Chinese Super League last year and were relegated to the China League One, and hope the signing of Jelavic will spearhead their return to the top flight.

It comes as Jelavic's Hammers team-mate Dimitri Payet is linked with a £40m switch to China.

Jackson Martinez moved from Atletico Madrid to Guangzhou Evergrande last week for £31m, while Chelsea midfielder Ramires has joined Jiangsu Suning for £25m.

Fredy Guarin, Gervinho, Tim Cahill, Asamoah Gyan, Stephane Mbia, Demba Ba, Paulinho and Robinho are among the other big names to have swapped Europe for China.

The Chinese transfer window remains open until February 26.