Premier League - Sevilla reject Spurs Capel bid

Eurosport - Tue, 01 Jul 15:41:00 2008

Sevilla have rejected an offer from Tottenham for highly-rated winger Diego Capel, according to the Spanish club.

FOOTBALL 2007-2008 La Liga Sevilla-Barcelona Diego Capel se marcha de Giovani Dos Santos - 0

The 20-year-old has a clause in his contract allowing him to speak to other teams if a certain bid is received.

But that clause applies only to Spanish clubs so Sevilla were able to knock back Spurs, now managed by their former boss Juande Ramos.

Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido said on the club's official website: "He [Capel] has a clause in his contract which is only valid for a Spanish team.

"We do not negotiate with any figure less than that.

"Tottenham made a superior bid and we said no."

Ramos - who left Sevilla for White Hart Lane in October 2007 - has already started his team building for next season, following the signings of £16.6million Croatia midfielder Luca Modric and Giovani dos Santos from Barcelona.

England squad man Tom Huddlestone has been signed up on a new five-year contract, while Italian youth goalkeeper Mirko Ranieri has arrived from Perugia to join the Spurs academy.

Ramos continues to maintain he has no interest in offloading any of his first-team squad, but the likes of Dimitar Berbatov and one-time record signing Darren Bent are said to be high on the wanted list of other Premier League clubs.

Striker Robbie Keane, meanwhile, has been linked with a move to Liverpool, which could involve a cash-plus-player deal for Peter Crouch.

SportingLife / Eurosport

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  1. crouch is rubbish compared to keane if the redswant him that much 20 mill should do it,but spurs would be mad to let him leave to go to anfield

    From stevecawley47, on Sun 6 Jul 11:07AM

  2. Of course it's a good deal for Liverpool, they're the ones putting it forward!

    Thanks but no thanks.

    Interesting that Hudds has a new 5 year contract, I wasn't sure Ramos would be a fan of him. Maybe we'll be able to keep some of our British players this summer...

    From not_blonde_really, on Wed 2 Jul 10:11AM

  3. keane and cash for crouch is a good deal i'm a liverpool fan and i think liverpool should take it. mean while modric is a good player but dont worth 16.6mil he should worth like 6.6 mil

    From wear4work, on Tue 1 Jul 4:59PM
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