An unprecedented contract was signed last week between top national player Le Cong Vinh and the Hanoi T&T football club.

Under the contract, Vinh, who will stop playing for Song Lam Nghe An on December 31, will play for three years with Hanoi T&T even though the three-time Golden Ball winner was expected to sign with the military team, The Cong. The The Cong football club announced last month that they had succeeded in signing Vinh for a record transfer fee of over VND8 billion (around US$500,000). He want to receive a monthly salary of VND40 -VND50 million (US$2,380 – 2,970). According to Trieu Quang Ha, head coach of the Hanoi T&T, his team will match The Cong’s offer.

The contract surpassed a transfer contract record last year when Vinakansai Ninh Binh signed a VND3 billion (US$189,000) contract with the former national team member Nguyen Huu Thang.

Football history was made when midfielder Tran Truong Giang left Tien Giang for Binh Duong in 1994 for a then huge transfer fee of VND1 billion (US$59,500).

Source: VOV