Football news: Marko Arnautovic completes £23m move from West Ham to Shanghai SIPG

The 30-year-old - who signed a contract extension in January - told the London club last week he wanted to leave after renewed interest from China.

He has signed a deal reportedly worth £280,000 a week with manager Manuel Pellegrini wanting the Austrian to leave before he got in the way of pre-season preparations.

Arnautovic's signing sees Vitor Pereira’s side strengthen their attacking options with a little less than half of the Chinese league season remaining.

He joins former Chelsea midfielder Oscar and his fellow Brazilian Hulk in Shanghai and his arrival is expected to be followed by the departure of striker Elkeson, who has been heavily linked with a return to Guangzhou Evergrande.

SIPG are two points adrift of league leaders Beijing Guoan with 14 games of the domestic campaign remaining and are also due to play Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds in the quarter-finals of the Asian Champions League next month.

Arnautovic scored 22 goals in 65 appearances for the Hammers.