Alvaro Negredo: Nobody has told me I'm not wanted

Alvaro Negredo: Nobody has told me I'm not wanted

Alvaro Negredo insists he doesn't want to leave Valencia amid speculation that coach Nuno Espirito Santo wants him to be sold.

The striker has just signed for the club from Manchester City for €30million as the final part of a deal which took him on loan to Spain last season. 

Speaking at a press conference, Negredo said: "My plan is to stay and nobody has said I’m not in their plans. I’m here to keep working and nothing more. 

"At the end of the day the club decides and they choose who they want and who they don’t. But nobody has said to me they don’t want me. I’m really happy and relaxed and I want to give Valencia the best of myself. 

"They’ve just exercised the purchase option and it would be strange, but in football anything can happen.

"I’m here to show my face in public and put an end to everything that’s being said, most of which isn’t true... that I’ve been missing... whether I’m being professional... I’ve been training with a fever for two days and it’s no laughing matter. 

"I’m here to show my face publicly and to say that I’m happy and at ease at Valencia."