Leicester City have agreed a fee with Sevilla for midfielder Vicente Iborra, the LaLiga club have confirmed.
The 2015-16 Premier League champions have had an offer reportedly worth £12.5million accepted and will now finalise personal terms with the player.
Sevilla and Leicester City have reached an agreement in principle for the transfer of Vicente Iborra to the English side, Sevilla confirmed in a statement.
The player will travel to Leicester to pass a medical and sign his contract. Once the process is concluded, he will return to Sevilla to bid farewell publicly to the fans.
4 No player scored more goals as a sub than Vicente Iborra in La Liga in 2016/17 (joint-high with Morata and Sarabia). Spark.
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Champions league winners and La Liga title holders are in the market for goalkeeper, but their futile efforts to land long-term target David De Gea from Manchester United have forced Los Blancos to look elsewhere for potential targets.
A surprising target has emerged this week however, with Spanish television programme El Chiringuito claiming that Granada shot stopper Guillermo Ochoa is one of the alternatives Real Madrid are considering this summer.
Ochoa impressed for Granada last season, making 38 appearances during his season-long loan spell away from Malaga and he could be on the move this summer.
The goalkeeper who burst onto the scene with a string of impressive displays for Mexico at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
He is now regarded as a com…
Sheffield United have completed the signing of free agent Jack Rodwell on a deal until the end of the season.
Rodwell had been training with the Blades, who have enjoyed a fine return to the Premier League.
Manager Chris Wilder confirmed in a news conference on Friday there would be an offer extended to the former England international, and the transfer was announced later the same day.
United made no mention of a longer-term agreement, although Wilder suggested there would be the option for the player to prolong his stay at Bramall Lane.
Rodwell has previously played for Everton, Manchester City, Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers.
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Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri believes the label given to his playing style is meaningless.
Sarriball is coming in for increasingly harsh reviews in west London, with some reports suggesting the former Napoli boss job is on the line ahead of Sunday s EFL Cup final against Manchester City – a side Chelsea lost 6-0 to in the Premier League this month.
From persistently selecting Jorginho at the base of his midfield and deploying N Golo Kante further forward, to showing huge resistance to any deviation from his preferred starting line-up, Sarri s methods have been railed against by a vocal and growing minority of the Blues fanbase.
That these tactics have a snappy shorthand does not appear to be overly helpful – as demonstrated by the F*** Sarriball chant…