Villarreal signs Roberto Soldado from Tottenham

Spanish club, Villarreal have completed the signing of Roberto Soldado from Tottenham Hotspur in a deal worth £10Million. Soldado joined Spurs in 2013 for a club record fee of £26Million but failed to live up to expectations. Soldado only scored seven times in 52 league games and just once last season, never quite reaching the heights he scaled during his time with Valencia, and now he’s set to leave north London to return to his homeland.
He is expected to help fill a void left by Mexico forward Giovani Dos Santos, who left Villarreal for the LA Galaxy earlier this summer.

“The striker has always proved to have a natural ‘killer instinct’ for scoring,” Villarreal said in a statement. “Strong and skilful, he’s an excellent header. Roberto Soldado is called to be the attacking reference of Marcelino’s team. A deluxe reinforcement for the Yellow Submarine.”

Villareal fan who threw banana at Dani Alves handed lifetime ban.

Wow! That was fast! Spanish football club, Villarreal have handed a lifetime ban to the supporter who threw a piece of banana at Barcelona star Dani Alves during their game with the title defender on Sunday. Below is an official statement by the club.
 
Villarreal CF wants to communicate that the club deeply regrets and condemns the incident that happened yesterday during the match against FC Barcelona in which a fan threw an object onto the field of El Madrigal. Thanks to the security forces and the invaluable assistance of the Yellow crowd, the club has already identified the person and has decided to withdraw his season tickets, permanently banning his access to El Madrigal stadium. Once again our club would like to express its firm commitment to promoting respect, equality, sportsmanship and fair play both on and off the field and our absolute rejection of any act that is contrary to these principles, such as violence, discrimination, racism and xenophobia.”
Racism has no place in football.
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