Portillo loaned to Nastic
ByReuters
Published 07/08/2006 at 14:10 GMT
Spanish striker Javier Portillo will join newly-promoted Gimnastic Tarragona on a two-year deal from Real Madrid, the nine-times European champions said on Monday. Real did not reveal the fee involved but said that they would retain an option to buy back the 24-year-old.
FOOTBALL 2006 Brujas Portillo
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They would also qualify for compensation if the player was sold on to another club.
Portillo broke a stack of Real Madrid goalscoring records at junior level but in the face of competition from the club's collection of top-class strikers he was unable to carve out a place for himself in the first team.
He was loaned out to Italian side Fiorentina in July 2004 and then had a spell at Club Bruges in Belgium before returning to Real during the close season.
Tarragona return to the Primera Liga following a 56-year absence after finishing as runners-up to Recreativo Huelva in the second division last season.
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