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Two Chinese Super League clubs and one Abu Dhabi club have made offers for Wales Euro 2016 hero Hal Robson-Kanu. Oakland Athletics Shirts . It is understood that Beijing Guoan and Jiangsu Sunning are both willing to pay in the region of £5m per year in salary to the striker, who left Reading at the end of his contract this summer.Al Jazira Club are also in for Robson-Kanu, who scored twice as Wales reached an historic semi-final against Portugal, to make a move to the Middle East. But despite the lucrative offers from abroad, Robson-Kanu is keen to play in the Premier League and his representatives will continue discussions in the next week with Watford, Hull and Swansea City.Hull manager Steve Bruce revealed on Monday that he wants to sign the 27-year-old and the club have already been in talks with the players brother and father.Bruce told Sky Sports News HQ: Hes had a wonderful tournament but you dont buy somebody on the back of a tournament. Hal Robson-Kanu left Reading at the end of his contract on July 1 Weve known for years now what a good player he is and he seems to have burst into life going down the middle.Robson-Kanu came through the academy at Reading, with loan spells at Southend and Swindon, before establishing himself in the first team, for whom he scored 30 goals in over 200 appearances. Also See: Transfer Centre LIVE! blog Hull set for Robson-Kanu talks Transfer betting Robson-Kanu? Pick Euro 2016 best goal Fake Athletics Jerseys . Detroits powerful offence made that unnecessary. Scherzer allowed two hits and struck out seven, and the Tigers backed their star right-hander with three early homers in an 8-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night. Athletics Jerseys China . "I have had no discussions with Chad Johnson or his representation," Popp said Friday in an email. However, he appeared to confirm a report on Twitter from TSN this week that Johnson was on Montreals negotiation list.SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Kansas City Royals right-hander Luke Hochevar likely will miss at least the first two months of the season because of a sprained ligament in his right elbow. Hochevar, the first pick in the 2006 amateur draft, got hurt Monday while pitching to Matt Davidson, his final batter during a two-inning outing against the Chicago White Sox. The sprain was revealed in an MRI taken Tuesday. Manager Ned Yost said Wednesday that Hochevar wont throw for two-to-three weeks and "probably the best-case scenario" would be a return at the end of May or early June. "His second-to-the-last pitch against the White Sox he felt a twinge in his elbow," Yost said. "He ended up throwing a cutter to strike the guy out. He felt OK coming in, but the next day it was real stiff and sore." Hochevar was 5-2 with a 1. Cheap Athletics Jerseys. 92 ERA and two saves in 58 relief appearances last year. He is earning $5.21 million and is eligible for free agency after the season. He was sidelined from mid-June until mid-September in 2010 because of a sprained elbow and made only 17 starts and one relief appearance that year. "We were a little nervous that it could have been worse," Yost said. "We think we got as good a report as wed hoped for coming back. But, again, you really wont know until three weeks to see exactly where were at." Hochevar was a candidate for the final rotation slot this season. Yost said Wade Davis, Danny Duffy and rookie Yordano Ventura are "realistically fighting for that spot" and Hochevar would pitch from the bullpen when he returns. ' ' '