Agent: Giovinco turned down Chinese offers, will remain with TFC 'for now'

Toronto FC superstar striker Sebastian Giovinco won't be heading to China, according to his agent Andrea D'Amico, who revealed the Atomic Ant did receive "huge offers" from Beijing and other Chinese outfits.

"The money was not right for Toronto and it wasn't right for him either, but let's see," D'Amico told Sky Sports Italia, as quoted by ESPN FC. "When you talk about the transfer market, it's always a case of 'for now.'

"There are so many intermediaries operating with Chinese clubs. They came here and made us an offer, both from Beijing and from other clubs, and then there is an escalation once the first offer is rejected with a better one arriving."

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Giovinco, who joined Toronto FC two years ago, has become the driving force for the club's surge to the upper echelons of Major League Soccer, but the former Juventus man comes at a price, to the tune of roughly $7 million.

For that figure, the Italian ace has given the Reds a return of 39 goals in 61 games, a league MVP nod in 2015, a bevy of shattered club and league records, and also helped secure an Eastern Conference Championship victory.