Napoli snap up Albiol from Real Madrid
Napoli have agreed to buy Spain centre-back Raul Albiol from Real Madrid, the Serie A club said on Sunday.
"The 27-year-old Spanish defender arrives from Real Madrid and has signed a four-year contract," Napoli said on their website.
No financial details of the
transfer were given but Italian media reported that the player had cost
Napoli some 12 million euros.
Napoli are looking to strengthen
their squad for their domestic and Champions League campaigns and had a
large pot of cash to spend after agreeing the sale of Uruguay striker
Edinson Cavani to Paris Saint-Germain for a reported fee of 64 million
euros on Tuesday.
Albiol, a product of Valencia's
youth academy where he mainly played as a midfielder, made his debut
with the east coast club in September 2003 under new Napoli coach Rafa
Benitez.
He had a brief stint at Getafe before joining Real in 2009 but has spent much of his time in the capital on the bench.
Despite his lack of playing time
at club level, he kept his place in the Spain squad through the 2010
World Cup and Euro 2012 and has made 40 appearances for the world and
European champions.
Albiol's former Real team-mate
Jose Callejon joined Napoli last week and club president Aurelio De
Laurentiis said on Wednesday they were also chasing Real's Argentina
forward Gonzalo Higuain.
source: http://fourfourtwo.com/news/italy/129895/default.aspx
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