Arsenal and Liverpool are battling it out for £20 million-rated Sevilla striker Alvaro Negredo, who has replaced Fernando Llorente as the top Spanish striker in this summer’s transfer market.
26-year old Negredo was fielded twice by Vicente del Bosque during Spain’s triumphant Euro 2012 campaign, starting the all-Iberian semifinal clash against Portugal.
And despite not finding the net in the competition, his performances in La Liga have helped the striker gain a lot of attention around Europe.
Having scored 40 goals in his last two seasons combined, Negredo quickly became one of Arsenal’s top transfer targets after Van Persie’s exit claims, with Gunners manager Arsene Wenger reportedly waiting for the Dutchman to seal a move away from the club before launching a bid of the Spaniard.
However, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has also joined the chasing pack for the centre-forward, seeing Negredo as an able replacement for Anfield misfit Andy Carroll.
The Reds have an offer lined up for Negredo if their bid to acquire AS Roma frontman Fabio Borini fails, with Sevilla ready to make a handy profit out of the player they bought from Real Madrid for £12 million in 2009.
The last time Arsenal battled with anyone else for the signature of a player worth £2oM, I was no born. This by extensiom must mean that it never happened. Only on the pages of news papers.
Why would we want him? We’ve just signed Borini, how many strikers do we need. It’s wingers and defenders that are a priority now.
he was awful in the euros
i am tired of this selling club.. zis continue until 2016
I honestly don’t see us signing another striker. I am sure Wenger will use his resources wisely and strengthen the other departments. Please it will also be nice if we can move away from the sensationalism and publish more concrete news.
Was it Negredo that had a stinker at Euro 2012 ?