Villarreal was always the only option for Soldado

While everyone was trying to tell you Sevilla were likely to sign Roberto Soldado I continued to buck the trend and insisted he would be joining Villarreal, that is the club he has wanted to join all along.



You can see Sevilla towards the bottom left of Spain, Real Sociedad, although not shown is to the right of Bilbao on the coast in the top right hand corner while his former club Valencia are over to the right on the Mediterranean coast.

His agents, Toldra Consulting, are based in Valencia and they are friends with the Villarreal president Fernando Roig. Soldado was born in Valencia. Sevilla is 542km (337 miles) away by air, 656km (408 miles) by road, Real Sociedad is 447kn (278 miles) away by air, 569km (354 miles) by road.

Soldado has a home on Ibiza, which is one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea to the right of Valencia. It's the bottom of the three as you can see from the map below.



Former club Valencia are the closer than Real Sociedad or Sevilla to his home on Ibiza and Villarreal, the club he wants to join, is situated just above Valencia, as shown on the more localised map below. Villarreal to Valencia is just 64km (39 miles) by road up the Mediterranean coast.


As reported yesterday he should be signing for them next week with the distance to his home a key factor with a young family. It has been more important than money and it's the reason Sevilla have pulled out of negotiations, he simply doesn't want to go to Sevilla despite having UEFA Champions League football to offer.

He has not been short of offers from the Premier League, Spain, Italy, Turkey or the latest from Benfica in Portugal, yet his mind is made up and he has simply been waiting for Tottenham to organise other departures and potential arrivals before Spurs would let him go. Saido Berahino is said to be signing next week if the Timo Werner talks stall, unless we unexpectedly sign both.

Soldado has conducted himself wonderfully at Spurs and this site certainly wishes him and his family all the best on their return to Spain.

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