Real Madrid striker Alvaro Negredo is preparing for a move to England.

The Daily Mail says Negredo's agent Alexander Camano yesterday met Real Madrid officials for talks on the striker's likely transfer to England.

Tottenham are thought to be the front runners though the asking price has now rise to £17.3m and there are said to be many suitors, including Porto, plus Villarreal, Valencia and Sevilla in Spain.

Negredo apparently would have preferred to stay at Almeria rather than Madrid enacting their buyback option this summer.