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To summarize transfer developments for Villarreal:
N'Diaye: Betis want €10m for him, which Villarreal aren't going to pay. We've supposedly offered €4-5m. Wanted to include Tomas Pina (maybe), but he said no. Pina is perhaps going to Club Brugge in Belgium, but nothing finalized.
Nacho and/or Llorente: The Llorente loan looked almost done until Nacho started getting offers from various places, so Madrid don't want to loan out Llorente and then lose Nacho as well. Ball is in Madrid's court, so to speak.
Samu Garcia: Villarreal are willing to sell him somewhere, maybe as part of a deal to bring another player in. Nothing concrete yet, though his former coach Javi Gracia, now at Rubin Kazan, has shown an interest. Have also heard he could be included in a deal to bring Ignacio Camacho from Malaga (which would mean the end of our interest in N'Diaye).
Lucas Perez: The Depor striker interests us greatly, and again, we have talked of including players to lower the price. Perez is also getting interest from other clubs (Leicester have been mentioned), so who knows.
Cristian Espinosa: The Argentinian is apparently coming here, though whether for the first team or not, no one seems sure. That's according to the South American press; nothing firm reported in Vila-real yet.
Javier Espinosa is looking for a new club, as Villarreal have told him he is not in their plans. So too Alexsandar Pantic and Bojan Jokic. Have not heard a dang thing about Moi Gomez. Pablo Iñiguez is another player who apparently has some interest (Leganes, certainly) , but no idea what our plans are for him. And Sergio Marcos, not returning to Lugo on loan again.
Canteranos: Adrián Marín (though he played a good deal with the first team), Rodri and Alfonso Pedraza (who saw a bit of first team action), and Leo Suarez (who didn't see any) are the names who could be loaned out for Segunda football. I would expect Marin to be with the first team for sure, though.