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Córdoba have swooped to make their first signing of the summer and not without some irony, after capturing Deivid from the team they dramatically beat in the promotion play-off final, Las Palmas.

David Omar Rodríguez Barrera, simply known as ‘Deivid’, has become the first incorporation of the summer transfer window at Córdoba, as the Andaluz outfit prepared for their first campaign in the Primera, for 42 years.

Córdoba announced the move via their official website on Saturday, with the 25-year-old central defender joining from Las Palmas on a two-year contract, with the option of a further year.

The signing hasn’t cost Córdoba anything, after Deivid had terminated his contract with Las Palmas, having made 41 appearances last season, including with some irony, both legs of the play-off final defeat against Córdoba.

Deivid actually began his youth career with Las Palmas, but also spent time during his formative years with Unión Viera, Villarreal and eventually, Universidad Las Palmas, where he made his professional footballing début in Segunda B.

In 2010 Deivid was signed by Sevilla, playing mainly for their B team, but also making 5 appearances in the Primera, during the 2011-2012 campaign. His career then turned full cycle with a return to Las Palmas, where he’s spent the last two seasons as a key first-eleven player.

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Oriol Riera was widely linked with a move to England over recent weeks, with a number of clubs interested. Championship side Wigan Athletic have enthusiastically announced his capture, having beaten off interest from Premier League clubs for the Spaniard.

Wigan Athletic have officially announced via their official website, the signing of Spanish striker Oriol Riera, who arrives from Osasuna.

Following the relegation of the Pamplona based side from the Primera last season, plus with massive debts to contend with, it was always likely that the 27-year-old would be amongst those departing El Sadar this summer.

The Latics manager, Uwe Rösler, explained that former Wigan midfielder Jordi Gómez, who has since moved to Sunderland, played an important part in encouraging Oriol Riera to join the club.

Oriol and Jordi were team-mates at Barcelona and I think it shows the regard that Jordi has for our club, that he would help us that way, by talking to him and telling him about the benefits of signing for us.”

Clearly delighted with the capture, Rösler further added: “I think our fans will like him; he is very direct and physica, good in the air, a real worker, but also has an eye for goal, scoring the majority of his goals inside the box. He has attracted the attention of many clubs and we are delighted he has agreed to join us.”

In their announcement, Wigan Athletic stated that the club had paid an “undisclosed fee” to Osasuna for Oriol Riera and that he has signed a contract until 2017.

Oriol Riera made 37 appearances in La Liga during the 2013-2014 season, finishing the campaign as the highest scorer at the club, with 13 goals. He also made 4 appearances in the Copa del Rey.

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Argentine international striker, Gonzalo Higuain admitted that he has no idea if there is any truth to the rumours linking him with a summer move from Napoli to Barcelona but insists that he’s happy in Italy and only focused on the 2014 World Cup.

In an interview with Sky Sports, Higuain spoke about the possible interest and while admitting that he’s “flattered”, he hasn’t given the matter much thought.

“I have nothing to say because there has been nothing.

“I know nothing about Barcelona and I feel good at Napoli. But now, I want to think only about the World Cup.”

The report goes on to add that Higuain’s agent/father also played down the rumours about a move, but did elude to the fact that there had been talks.

“Gonzalo feels good at Napoli and he won’t change club. I have nothing to deny because there has been nothing concrete.”

Higuain made a €40 million move from Real Madrid to Napoli last summer and scored 17 goals throughout his debut Serie A season.

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Eibar centre-back, Raúl Navas will soon sign for fellow Basque side, Real Sociedad until 2018, but the 26-year-old is expected to be immediately loaned back to the Segunda Division champions for their debut season in the Primera.

In an interview with Spanish radio station, Cadena COPE, Navas all but confirmed the move to La Real.

“I’m very excited about this possibility, it will soon be finalised but until then, I can’t say anything. I can’t say that I’ve signed for La Real. I think it’s only a matter of time, we have an agreement and now I’m just waiting for them to tell me to come and sign.”

The president of Eibar, Alex Aranzabal was non-committal when asked about Navas’ status at the recent press conference for the signing of Javi Lara.

“Has Navas signed with La Real yet? I don’t know. Until that happens, we don’t know anything. I understand that you guys want to know and you ask us, but we can’t discuss any negotiations that have not yet been closed and has not been made official. And that’s where we stand in this case.”

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Valencia are reportedly just a few details away from securing the transfer of Real Madrid C attacking midfielder, Dani Ramirez as they try to reach an agreement over personal terms.

According to Valencia-based sports daily, Super Deporte, Ramirez, who has opted out of his contract with Real Madrid, is certain to secure a move across the country and join Valencia in the next coming days.

The report goes on to state that the two sides are eager to finalise a deal so that the 22-year-old left-footed playmaker will be able to join the team’s pre-season training, which begins on the 7th of July.

Ramirez played for many years in the Real Madrid youth leagues and even made it to Real Madrid Casilla, but played the majority of the past season with Real Madrid C in the Segunda B Division.

Ramirez has drawn comparisons to Juan Mata in style of play and in the fact that he will be joining Valencia after leaving the Real Madrid youth system.

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Segunda Division champions, Eibar recently announced the contract renewal of two more players in Mikel Arruabarrena and Aitor Arregui, as they continue to secure the services of the core players who brought them back-to-back promotions.

A statement released by the club on Friday confirmed the renewals of both players until 30th June 2016.

The 31-year-old Arruabarrena is enjoying his sixth season at the club, after bouncing around for many years after leaving the Athletic Club Bilbao youth academy.

Arregui has spent his entire youth and professional career with Eibar and following his contract extension, it is expected that the 24-year-old centre-back will likely be loaned out in order to get more consistent minutes.

Eibar are just €142,673 of reaching their goal of €1,724,273 needed in order to play in the Primera next season and with two months away from the start of the season, they will no doubt reach their goal and then some, thus why signing and securing players now is a priority.

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Almeria are close to finalising their first major signing of the summer in Israeli international Tomer Hemed from Mallorca.

According to Spanish sports daily, Marca, Almeria have already agreed to personal terms with the 27-year-old and are in deep negotiations with the Balearic club, with the deal likely to be announced within the coming hours.

Almeria are also pushing hard for Sevilla’s Jairo, but the talks have no been positive, as Sevilla and the player have been presented with other options and the chances of the former Racing star joining on loan are slim.

Almeria are also interested in signing Real Madrid Castilla midfielder, Sergio Aguza, after the 21-year-old Catalan made 23 appearances and 2 goals and are hoping that Los Blancos will allow the player to leave on loan after they were relegated to Segunda B.

Hemed joined Mallorca from Maccabi Haifa on 18th June, 2011, going on to make 88 appearances and scoring 21 goals.

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Real Madrid have been keen to bring Colombian striker, Radamel Falcao to the Santiago Bernabeu since the player was at Porto and just a year after his €45 million sale from Atletico Madrid to AS Monco, the French Ligue 1 giants are reportedly prepared to negotiate the sale of the 28-year-old goal-scorer.

According to Spanish sports daily, AS, Falcao has made his intentions clear that his desire is to join Real Madrid and is even willing to cut his €14 million per year salary in half to make the move back to Spain.

The report goes on to add that Falcao has asked Monaco owner, Dmitry Rybolovlev to sit down and negotiate with Real Madrid should they make a formal enquiry, which they are expected to do in the coming days.

Falcao has rejected moves to Manchester United and Chelsea in hopes of joining Real Madrid and, according to AS, have informed those close to him that he expects negotiations to begin soon and that he chose to forgo the World Cup and focus on his recovery from his devastating left cruciate ligament tear earlier this year.

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Atlético Madrid are still in the hunt to move for Santi Cazorla, as they look to strengthen their midfield options and will have money available from other sales, to match the €20 million valuation of Arsenal. Whilst selling Adrián López to Valencia, could be a pivotal part of any move for the Spain international.

Whilst the the suggestions Santi Cazorla could move to Atlético Madrid are nothing new, they could be a step closer, based on sales that would cover the apparent €20 million asking price of Arsenal and the salary of the player.

According to AS, it’s these planned sales Atlético hope to make this summer, that will free up space in their budget, to fund the move for Santi Cazorla. Along with the much talked about Chelsea desire to sign not just Diego Costa, but also Filipe Luis, there’s also the possibility that Adrián López could be leaving the Vicente Calderón, who having been linked with Arsenal in the past, appears to be a target now for Valencia.

The key in a move for Adrián could lie with his representative, Portuguese super-agent Jorge Mendes, who is working closely with new Valencia owner Peter Lim, as they plan a variety of important new arrivals at the Mestalla this summer.

Whilst having indicated that he’s settled at Arsenal, if the London club are prepared to sell, Santi Cazorla is reportedly open to negotiations with Atlético Madrid, who have remained keen on securing his services for some considerable time.

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Espanyol midfielder Davi Lopez has revealed that he does not want to leave the Catalan club and will do whatever it takes to help the club succeed next season.

Catalan club Espanyol have been undergoing several changes this summer as they look to both settle accounts and strengthen the squad ahead of next season, and while some players may leave the Cornella-El Prat, David Lopez will not be among them.

The 24-year-old defensive midfielder recently spoke to the press about the upcoming season and made it undeniably clear that he has no plans of leaving Espanyol this summer despite rumored interest from other clubs.

“In principle, there should be no surprise or question about my future. I know some teams have been linked with me, but there is nothing. I want to stay here, I’m very happy. This summer I just want it to be quiet and enjoy my break.”

While Lopez has pledged his future to Espanyol, players such as Kiko Casilla and Sergio Garcia have yet to sign renewals, despite their current contracts running out this time next year, leaving the club in a somewhat uncertain position.

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After enjoying an impressive first season with Elche, defender Cristian Sapunaru will likely leave the club this summer due to his high salary terms.

Romanian defender Cristian Sapunaru joined Elche last year as the newly promoted club looked to extend their stay in the Primera, and successfully did so finishing by 16th.

Though Sapunaru enjoyed a promising first season with Elche, the club is now looking for a way to offload the 30-year-old old due to his high salary.

According to Spanish daily paper Marca, Sapunaru is currently making over €1 million in wages, a price that Elche cannot afford to continue paying at this point.

The Romanian has stated that he would love the chance to play for Rapid Buchurest again at some point in his career, after two separate stints at the club and they are now the leading candidates to sign the Elche defender.

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Granada sporting director Juan Carlos Cordero gave a detailed interview with the local edition of newspaper Ideal this weekend. He spoke about the arrival of Joaquín Caparrós as manager, squad planning for the new season and transfers, as well as the excellent World Cup performances of Yacine Brahimi with Algeria, which have attracted enquiries from other clubs.

Speaking in an interview with Sergio Yepes of Granadino newspaper, Ideal, Granada CF sporting director Juan Carlos Cordero addressed a number of topics, beginning with their appointment of Joaquín Caparrós as manager, following the departure of Lucas Alcaraz.

“Our first choice was always Caparrós. We did meet with Jémez and Laudrup, then the option to bring in Joaquín arose again. We weren’t looking for a manager with specific footballing ideas. We wanted a manager who could provide us with certain guarantees of meeting our objectives. We’ve also made a strong financial effort to bring him here.”

Squad Planning and Proposed Transfers

“We’re still working on a similar budget to previous years, to strengthen the team. We’re looking for seasoned players, battlers, who can adapt to various tactical systems, with the objective of ensuring Granada remain in the Primera, as a recognisable team of winners.”

“Yuste and Sissoko have both had a great season with Hércules and have earned the opportunity to be in the squad from the start of pre-season. Then it’s up to Caparrós to decide.”

“We still need to complete negotiations with Braga and Mallorca for Juan Carlos and Javi Márquez. Juan Carlos can offer us much on the left and Márquez gets forward well from midfield, shoots well and also, can perform the same role as Fran Rico. With Fran Rico we’re calm and waiting for a more relaxed time to address negotiations, to extend his contract. We want him to stay with us much longer.”

“We’ve been following Jesús Fernández for a number of seasons. He could offer good competition for Roberto, but we’re waiting on the decision of Real Madrid.”

“Ali Adnan is an additional option that we’re working on in the transfer market, though we have other options, aside from just him.”

Sales

“Juventus and Roma were interested in Siqueira. Real Madrid didn’t make an offer in the end and when Atlético Madrid made their bid, the player had no doubts.”

Possible departures

“Brahimi is proving what a great player he is at the World Cup, though he still has room to improve. They like him at FC Porto, Atlético Madrid and Sevilla have made enquiries, but they haven’t made firm offers. Only when Algeria are eliminated from the tournament, will we begin to know what will happen with his future.”

“We’ve told Riki the ideas of the new manager. If no offers come in for him, he’ll remain in the squad as an additional player. Diakhaté and Buonanotte will only leave on transfers (not loans).”

“El Arabi remains an important player for us and unless a huge offer arrives, he’ll stay. If he was to go, his sale would have to bring in sufficient money for us to bring in another striker of sufficient quality.”

New Training Complex

“The new training complex is the evidence of how much we’ve grown and at all levels. Our economic management has been really good, perhaps even better than the sporting side of things, converting us into a very stable and secure club.

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Alvaro Negredo has reportedly asked Manchester City to open transfer negotiations with La Liga champions, Atletico Madrid and lower their asking price to €20 million.

Atletico Madrid are looking for their replacements for Diego Costa and David Villa and following their €20 million opening bid for first priority former Sevilla striker, Alvaro Negredo was rejected by Manchester City, they club are looking to other and cheaper options.

However, Negredo is keen to make the move back to Spain and join the La Liga champions and according to Spanish sports daily, AS, the 28-year-old has asked the ‘Citizens’ to lower their asking price and begin negotiations with Los Colchoneros.

Manchester City have publically stated that Negredo isn’t for sale, but sources say that they are willing to sell the striker for upwards of €32 million, a price that Atleti are willing and unable to pay.

Negredo is one of the most beloved players with the City fans, but the fact that he was barely used in the second half of the season has caused the player to look at different options as the window on his opportunity to make the Spanish national team for the 2016 Euros is coming to an end, as are his chances of being a starter.

Atletico Madrid continue to look at their options with several big-name players linked with a move to the club.

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Despite the numerous reports quoting different numbers, Catalan television station, TV3 now confirms that Barcelona has finalised a €75 million agreement with Liverpool for Luis Suarez on a five-year deal.

The report from Esport club and Xavi Torres continues to state that the two clubs had already negotiate the sale of Suarez and that Wednesday’s meeting was to iron out the details on the final transfer fee, with Liverpool finally lowering their asking price.

Suarez will become the fourth highest paid player on the squad falling just behind Messi, Neymar and Andres Iniesta.

Liverpool and Barcelona are now ironing out the remaining details and could announce the deal as soon as this weekend, with the Uruguayan to be presented next week.