Source: SKY_Sports
Duffen - Negredo agreed terms
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Hull City chairman Paul Duffen claims Alvaro Negredo had agreed to move to the KC Stadium before Real Madrid sold the striker to Sevilla.[LNB] Negredo had been lined up for a £12million move to the Tigers only for the deal to collapse when he agreed a five-year deal to stay in Spain with Sevilla.[LNB]Reports suggested that the 23-year-old's preference was always to remain in La Liga, but Duffen insists Negredo was willing to move to the Premier League.[LNB]Duffen says the player, who had impressed at Almeria last season, had accepted personal terms to join Hull before a late change of heart from Real.[LNB]Dysfunctional"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.[LNB]"We were then assured by them that they would go back to Real Madrid and discuss the terms of his buy-back.[LNB]"Then we hear that the club have decided to sell him to Sevilla and that's the end of it.[LNB]"There's clearly something dysfunctional when you agree terms with a player and his club and then he doesn't come.[LNB]"There is absolutely nothing to suggest that the player did not want to join Hull City.[LNB]"Everything we heard from the player's representatives suggested that he wanted to come to Hull City, but we can't dwell on this."[LNB]With Negredo the latest striker to turn down a move to Hull, Duffen confirmed the quest continues to improve Phil Brown's attack before the transfer window closes.[LNB]He added: "This doesn't change anything about the way we do our business.[LNB]"It has taken us a long time for someone of Negredo's ability to come so close to joining us, but there's no regrets in aiming for a player of that calibre.[LNB]"If we believe a player represents value, then we are prepared to pay the money.[LNB]"We've got to get on and do our business between now and the end of the transfer window, but this is just a bump in the road."[LNB]
