John Obi Mikel and his Tianjin Teda teammates are struggling for form ahead of the start of the Chinese Super League.<br /><br />The Nigerian captain was named in the starting line-up as Tianjin Teda suffered a 3-1 loss to <span>South Korean second-tier club Busan IPark on Tuesday, February 7.<br /><br />During their training camp in Spain, Tianjin Teda lost all four of their warm-up games, and had suffered a 4-1 loss to </span><br /><span><span class="notranslate">K2 League team Gyeongnam FC prior to the encounter versus </span></span><span><span class="notranslate"><span>Busan IPark.<br /><br />Tianjin Teda have been busy in the transfer market, signing Mikel from Chelsea, Nemanja Gudelj from Ajax Amsterdam, Hwang Seok-ho from Kashima Antlers and nine Chinese players. <br /><br />Mikel and Shanghai Shenhua</span></span></span><span><span class="notranslate"><span><span class="body1">&rsquo;s Obafemi Martins both earn nine million dollars per season, but the ex-Inter Milan star is regarded as Nigeria</span></span></span></span><span class="body1">&rsquo;s second highest paid player because taxes have been deducted from his salary while the midfielder</span><span class="body1">&rsquo;s salary is gross. <br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br />Photo Credit : chelseafc.com<br /></span>