Alvaro Negredo: Man City complete deal for Sevilla striker

By Phil McNultyChief football writer

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Alvaro Negredo

Manchester City have completed the signing of Spanish international striker Alvaro Negredo from Sevilla.

Negredo, 27, arrived in Manchester on Thursday to undergo a medical before finalising the deal.

He joins former Sevilla team-mate Jesus Navas in new manager Manuel Pellegrini's reshaped squad, and will wear the number nine shirt.

Fiorentina attacker Stevan Jovetic could be City's next summer purchase.

The 23-year-old is rated at around £28m, and has previously attracted interest from Arsenal and Manchester United.

But Negredo is the first deal completed as City spend big in the transfer market to try and win back the Premier League title they lost to arch-rivals Manchester United last season.

At a farewell press conference in Seville on Wednesday the former Real Madrid player said he was looking forward to taking his career to the next stage.

"For four years I have been very happy, but I think my time was over here," the forward, who scored 26 La Liga goals last season, said.

Ex-Sevilla winger Navas, 27, sealed a £14.9m transfer on a four-year deal earlier this summer and Negredo said: "I am happy to be spending another year with him."

Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido said: "Manchester City are buying a great player, the top-scoring Spaniard in La Liga.

"This is a big deal for Sevilla, the second most important in our history after we sold [now-Barcelona full-back] Daniel Alves, and the player will sign the contract of his life.

"Everyone should be happy - it is a great deal for all three parties."

Negredo has won 14 international caps, scoring six goals, and was part of Spain's victorious Euro 2012 squad.

Sevilla, who have faced financial difficulties, have also sold playmaker Luis Alberto to Liverpool,full-back Antonio Luna to Aston Villa, and midfielder Jose Campana to Crystal Palace.

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  • Pelegrini is quietly & skilfully assembling a squad with pace & quality

    Meanwhile........Man Utd are giving us a tabloid circus every day....with Moyes showing the management skills of the chief clown.

  • @55 Boyo

    I assume you mean Kolo Toure not Yaya. But I agree City have got rid of a lot of 'dead wood' this summer and problematic players like Balotelli and Tevez have been offloaded for decent fees given the circumstances.

  • @64 when they reinvest their profits. 30m for Anderson but couldn't get Thiago for 17m? UTD have been spending for centuries. UTD are only a success, in fact, only EXIST because of sugar daddies. The only difference being that they spent money over a longer period of time than City. £30m each for Rio and Veron in 01/02 is a lot more than £30m in 2013

  • For those laughing at the FFP rules and City, city have only spent a net of around £15-20m. With the sales of Balotelli (£20m), Tevez (£12mil), plus reduced wages of those two and Santa-Cruz, Bridge, Maicon and Yaya Touré, and Dzeko clearly leaving (maybe Barry and Sinclair), City will have a net spend considerably lower than most other teams. Negredo is a steal.

  • No worries on FFP, I have heard from one of my mates at the ETIHAD that an enormous sponsorship of the future "CITY Accademy" is in the works, loads of money.

    Dark Star, UTD was once that Big Bully taking the best of British talent, Jordon/McQueen, Cole/Yorke, Young, Rooney, Carrick but now they are the bully sniveling in the corner because someone bigger and tougher came along.

  • As a Chelsea fan I can see Man City being a strong force for the title next year. Peligrini seems a class act and has gone under the radar of media attention. He has made very strong additions to an already strong squad. Early days but looking good for the noisy neighbours.

  • Not a City fan but I have to say their team is looking very good.

    Hart
    Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy
    Fernandinho
    Navas, Toure, Silva
    Negredo, Aguero.

    That is a very very mouth-watering very balanced team. Excellent for City. Three very very good signings for them. That is how you get things done with minimum of fuss.

  • Ageuro and Negredo with Silva in support.

    Add Navas' pace to that and City's attacking line makes for quite the intimidating read.

    It's Chelsea vs City this season for the title this time round from where I'm standing. Personally, out of the two of them, I hope it's City.

  • @59 -yes,thanks,massive error."For those laughing at the FFP rules, city have only spent a net of around £15-20m. With the sales of Balotelli (£20m), Tevez (£12mil), plus reduced wages of those two and Santa-Cruz, Bridge, Maicon and KOLO Touré, and Dzeko clearly leaving (maybe Barry and Sinclair), City will have a net spend considerably lower than most other teams. Negredo is a steal!"

  • he'll be good

  • Why you UTD boys so concerned about City signings, you should be worried about your signings...........oh! Still waiting..........shame.

  • @55 - nearly gave me a heart attack - tell me we sold the right Toure... typical city :)

    Negredo's good - this should be a good season...

  • 64 mdyer

    Press caps lock and spell check before pressing the post button dumbo. By the way I think you'll find Utds profits are mostly reinvested into the Glazer fund and servicing debts. And long may it continue!

  • Why are we allowed to comment on this garbage and the Rooney non-story when there is another article on here discussing that swiss weasel trying to move the world cup to the winter!! grrr.

  • @79: "English players are not good enough because the coaching of developing players isn't good enough"

    Not true! Our system takes any youngster that wants to play and then makes them run around like madmen to win lots of meaningless matches. We ensure that our players can run and run and run. We waste no time with those that only have amazing ball control or/and vision. Run boy. Run.

    Oh.

  • Negredo and Navas are excellent players. City have done very well getting these lads. Just because they can't get regular Spain appearances does not mean they are no good. They are, how you say..like Mata and David Silva..not regulars for Spain..but you would want them in your team wouldn't you?

  • Good business, replacement for Tevez (and possibly Dzeko) + competition for Aguero who I am tipping for an absolute barnstormer of a season, this will only help that. Even the transfer fee seems sensible! Just a shame about Fernandinho...

  • How is it that this story about Man City actually signing a very good striker is considered to be less important than Jose Mourinho saying that Chelsea have made a bid for Rooney by the BBC.

    Lately just about every top football story on the BBC seems to be about Man Utd and Rooney and it has quickly gotten old. The BBC need to sort themselves out!

  • Selling Tevez + Balo, plus the release of Maicon, RSC and Bridge, the signings of Fernandinho, Navas, Negredo and Jovetic will have little effect on FFP. The fees will be absorbed over the course of their contracts (amortisation) and the wage bill will be lower than before. Add the rapidly increasing revenues and they'll meet FFP relatively comfortably.

  • I don't understand why people think that city are going to sell Aguero just because of one article. Madrid won't even bother making a bid there is no way city will sell him. Jovetic and Negredo make up a strike force of four which is standard for a club like city and city don't need the money. 25 goals last season speak for itself. Negredo is an intelligent signing.

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