Negredo deal is done but no move for Subotic

Middlesbrough have signed Valencia striker Alvaro Negredo on a season-long loan but their move for Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic is off.

Paperwork is still to be completed but 30-year-old former Manchester City forward Negredo has already linked up with Boro at their pre-season training camp in Marbella.

The promoted Teessiders were also poised to sign Serbian centre-back Subotic from Dortmund, until the Bundesliga club announced he had failed a medical.

“Bad news for Neven Subotic,” a BVB statement read. “The investigation of a specialist in England has shown that the Borussia Dortmund player must undergo surgery in the rib area. It is expected that Subotic will be out for the rest of the year.”

The former Serbia international won the league with Dortmund in both 2011 and 2012.

Negredo, meanwhile, was a member of the City side which won the Premier League title in 2014.

The Spain international impressed at the Etihad Stadium, scoring 23 goals in 49 appearances in what proved his only season at the club after a £16.4million move from Sevilla in 2013.

He returned to Spain with Valencia in the summer of 2014, initially on loan before a £19million permanent deal was agreed last year.

He boasts 112 goals from 264 appearances in LaLiga and was also a member of Spain’s victorious Euro 2012 squad.

It has been a busy summer for Boro manager Aitor Karanka with Antonio Barragan, Victor Valdes, Viktor Fischer, Bernardo Espinosa, Marten de Roon and Jordan McGhee already on board at the Riverside Stadium.

Liverpool have accepted a £13million bid for Joe Allen from Stoke.

The Wales midfielder, currently on leave after his exploits in getting Wales to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, is in the final year of his contract.

Allen is looking for more playing time, having been restricted to mainly Europa League appearances last season.

Stoke’s bid is roughly in line with Liverpool’s valuation of a player with less than 12 months remaining on his contract.