Sevilla capture Negredo

Spanish striker signs five-year deal

Sevilla have secured the services of sought-after striker Alvaro Negredo after capturing the Spaniard on a five-year deal.

The 23-year-old, who had previously been a target of Premier League side Hull City, makes the switch from Real Madrid.

Negredo struggled for playing time at the Bernabeu but impressed while scoring 19 goals during a loan spell at Almeria last season.

Hull has a £12million offer accepted by the Spanish giants, but the Spaniard snubbed Phil Brown's club in order to remain in Spain.

A statement on Sevilla's official website revealed that the transfer of Negredo had been a long and difficult process.

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"Sevilla FC and Real Madrid CF have reached an agreement for the striker Alvaro Negredo to join for the next five years," the statement read.

"The player is expected to arrive in the city tonight, and Seville will spend Friday morning having his medical examination. His presentation will then be held at 1pm.

"With the completion of this transaction, the club closes a difficult and complex negotiation that has become one of the soap operas of the summer.

"As it is known in football nothing is black and white and it is only when the pen ink is on the contract that anything is confirmed."

Although Negredo has signed a five-year deal at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, his former club revealed that the deal includes a buy-back clause.

"Real Madrid CF and Sevilla FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Alvaro Negredo to the latter club," Real stated on their official website.

"Real Madrid CF has the right to purchase the player back in the next two seasons."

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reyes

21 Aug 09, 13:23

not a hard choice to make

omgukilledkenny

21 Aug 09, 15:59

Originally posted by reyes:

not a hard choice to make

Now there's news that he actually agreed terms with Hull.

Duffen - Negredo agreed terms

Tigers chairman claims Real made late decision to sell striker to Sevilla

Hull City chairman Paul Duffen claims Alvaro Negredo had agreed to move to the KC Stadium before Real Madrid sold the striker to Sevilla.

"Having agreed a fee with Real Madrid, we finalised personal terms with the player's representatives in London on Friday," Duffen told the Hull Daily Mail.

"We were then assured by them that they would go back to Real Madrid and discuss the terms of his buy-back.

"Then we hear that the club have decided to sell him to Sevilla and that's the end of it.

"There's clearly something dysfunctional when you agree terms with a player and his club and then he doesn't come.

"There is absolutely nothing to suggest that the player did not want to join Hull City.

"Everything we heard from the player's representatives suggested that he wanted to come to Hull City, but we can't dwell on this."