Obafemi Martins will earn $6.6 million net ( approximately N2.4 billion in Nigerian currency) in the first year of his contract with Chinese Super League club <span class=\"\\&quot;st\\&quot;\">Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.<br /><br />According to </span><i>Washington Post</i> reporter, Steven Goff, the Nigeria international was due to gross $3.6m with Sounders this year but will almost triple his wages in his current deal if you factor in taxation.<br /><br />Seattle Sounders cashed in on the former Inter Milan, Newcastle and Wolfsburg star after <span class=\"\\&quot;st\\&quot;\">Shanghai Greenland Shenhua met their $2 million asking price.</span><br /><br />The 31-year-old Martins has penned a one-year contract with <span class=\"\\&quot;st\\&quot;\">Shanghai Greenland Shenhua but that could be extended at the end of 2016 to one more year depending on his performance.<br /><br />The Super Eagles star joined his new team in South Korea for pre-season training last week and has played two test games so far.<br /></span><br /><br />